
This is Panbanisha; she is a Bonobo Chimpanzee (Pan Paniscus). Another very well known Bonobo is Kanzi which is Panbanisha's adopted brother. These Apes have their own language and have acquired through observation understand of the human language, not only are they our closest relatives they are the closest species to match our level of intellect. I recommend everyone ready Kanzi - The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind! FYI, Examples of Kanzi's behavior * In an outing in the Georgia woods, Kanzi touched the symbols for "marshmallows" and "fire." Susan Savage-Rumbaugh said in an interview that, "Given matches and marshmallows, Kanzi snapped twigs for a fire, lit them with the matches and toasted the marshmallows on a stick."[5] * Paul Raffaele, at Savage-Rumbaugh's request, performed a Maori War Dance for the Bonobos. This dance includes thigh-slapping, chest-thumping, and hollering. Almost all the bonobos present interpreted this as an aggressive display, and reacted with loud screams, tooth-baring, and pounding the walls and floor. All but Kanzi, who remained perfectly calm; he then communicated with Savage-Rumbaugh using bonobo vocalizations; Savage-Rumbaugh understood these vocalizations, and said to Raffaele "he'd like you to do it again just for him, in a room out back, so the others won't get upset. So a private performance in another room was successfully, peacefully and happily carried out.[5] * Sue Savage-Rumbaugh has observed Kanzi in communication to his <b>...</b>
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