Dying Chimpanzee Recognizes Professor Friend Before Smiling and Embracing Him

Dying Chimpanzee Recognizes Professor Friend Before Smiling and Embracing Him
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An elderly, dying chimpanzee was recorded being happy to see a professor, who first met the animal back in 1972.

“Mama,” a former chimpanzee matriarch at Royal Burgers Zoo in Holland, was refusing food from zookeepers. Then, she was met by Jan van Hooff, who met her decades ago.