How to Speak Chimpanzee

July 8, 2014 10:17 pm Published by Comments Off

Hoping to assemble the world’s first chimpanzee dictionary, primatologist Dr. Katja Liebal spends hours observing how different groups of chimpanzees communicate with each other. She believes that there is a language within their gestures, facial expressions, and vocalizations, and documents these patterns of communication, from kind moments to power struggles. In this clip fromExtraordinary Animals, Dr. Liebal translates for the chimps at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire.


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