Chantek
Sign in to saveChantek (December 17, 1977 – August 7, 2017), born at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, was a male hybrid Sumatran/Bornean orangutan who demonstrated a number of intellectual skills, including the use of several signs adapted from American Sign Language (ASL). American anthropologists Lyn Miles and Ann Southcombe worked with Chantek. In 1997, he was transferred to Zoo Atlanta, where he lived for another twenty years.
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male organism
- Place of death
- Zoo Atlanta
- Languages spoken
- American Sign Language
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- date of birth
- 1977-12-17
- date of death
- 2017-08-07
- individual of taxon
- orangutan
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Chantek (12 de agosto de 1977 - 25 de agosto de 2017) fue un orangután macho con habilidades lingüísticas. Su nombre procede del malayo cantik, que significa «adorable» o «bello».
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