Thursday, November 01, 2007

Washoe: dead at 42

Washoe the chimpanzee, who lived in Norman during much of the 1970's, is dead.

More at msnbc.com

I met Washoe and the other sign-language chimps – Tatu, Loulis and Dar – in the early 80's when I went to Ellensburg, WA for a story on what had been happening with the chimps since leaving Oklahoma.

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