On today’s Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe and producer Emily Woodbury visit the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative in Des Moines, formerly known as the Great Ape Trust. The facility is home to a family of five bonobos including the world famous Kanzi. The bonobos can communicate with humans through the use of a vocabulary made up of lexigrams, symbols that stand for words.
IPR's Visit to the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative
Published April 19, 2017 at 10:00 AM CDT
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Kanzi gestures a request for more frozen grapes.
Charity Nebbe
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Kanzi gestures a request for more frozen grapes.
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Charity Nebbe and Director of Research Jared Taglialatela observe bonobos from the roof of the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative.
Emily Woodbury
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Charity Nebbe and Director of Research Jared Taglialatela observe bonobos from the roof of the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative.
Emily Woodbury
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Nyota chews on a stick while sitting in a deconstructed blanket nest.
Charity Nebbe
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Nyota chews on a stick while sitting in a deconstructed blanket nest.
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Teco on the roof of one of the climbing towers at ACCI.
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Teco on the roof of one of the climbing towers at ACCI.
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Kanzi entertaining visitors by making a “kissy” face through the greenhouse window";s:
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Kanzi entertaining visitors by making a “kissy” face through the greenhouse window";s:
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Teco running with a blanket.
Charity Nebbe
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Teco running with a blanket.
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Iowa State University Primatologist Jill Pruetz and Phd Candidate Andrea Rabinowitz hold pages of the lexigram keyboard that bonobos use to communicate at the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative in Des Moines.
Emily Woodbury
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Iowa State University Primatologist Jill Pruetz and Phd Candidate Andrea Rabinowitz hold pages of the lexigram keyboard that bonobos use to communicate at the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative in Des Moines.
Emily Woodbury
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Teco requests more frozen grapes.
Charity Nebbe
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Teco requests more frozen grapes.
Charity Nebbe
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Kanzi playing on “vines” made from old fire hoses";s:
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Kanzi playing on “vines” made from old fire hoses";s:
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Nyota observes Teco from the ground wrapped in a blanket.
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Nyota observes Teco from the ground wrapped in a blanket.
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At Kanzi’s request Jared Taglialatela sprays Kanzi and Maisha with a hose.";
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At Kanzi’s request Jared Taglialatela sprays Kanzi and Maisha with a hose.";
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Teco on one of the climbing towers at ACCI.
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Teco on one of the climbing towers at ACCI.
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Kanzi slides along the floor of the greenhouse during water play.
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Kanzi slides along the floor of the greenhouse during water play.
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Kanzi gestures through the window of the greenhouse.
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Kanzi gestures through the window of the greenhouse.
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Kanzi observing visitors through the window of the greenhouse.
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Kanzi observing visitors through the window of the greenhouse.
Charity Nebbe