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Kanzi, a world-famous bonobo who astonished researchers with his linguistic and tool-making abilities, has passed away at the age of 44. His groundbreaking achievements challenged long-held ...

According to primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a lead scientist at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa ... In this audio slide show, meet Kanzi, the Trust's alpha male, who has demonstrated an ...

Ape Initiative’s Dr. Jared Taglialatela, who had been Kanzi’s caretaker since 2012, commented, “I feel his loss personally and deeply; I considered him my friend.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Few apes have done more to unsettle human certainties than Kanzi the bonobo. He wasn’t the first nonhuman primate to use symbols to ...

Kanzi, the famous bonobo at Des Moines' Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative, has died at the age of 44. He had been his normal, happy self, and was even playing in the towers the day he died ...

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh (with Kanzi in 2003) says her bonobos can communicate with her and each other using more than 348 symbols. Great Ape Trust of Iowa To better understand bonobo intelligence ...

In an exclusive partnership with Ape Initiative, Wildstar Films has begun production on Kanzi: The Ape That Could Talk, a documentary telling the story of Kanzi, a bonobo who was taught to ...