'Genius' chimpanzee dies
by editors@theworld.org (Jenna Gadbois) from The World: Latest Stories on (#72S7A)
Ai, a chimpanzee who spent decades as a research subject at Kyoto University, has died at the age of 49. Ai spent her life participating in studies into the cognition of chimpanzees, and was renowned for her exceptional intellect among her fellow chimps. She knew the English alphabet, Arabic numbers and over a hundred Chinese characters. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have the story.