Позната јапанска шимпанза Аи, којa је бројала и сликала, угинула у 49. години
Аи, женка шимпанзе позната по својим когнитивним способностима, угинула је у 49. години, према подацима јапанског института у којем је живела.
TL;DR
- Ai, a chimpanzee known for her cognitive skills, died at 49.
- She passed away on January 9th from old age and organ failure at the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute.
- Ai was part of a research program studying the "mind of the chimpanzee" and demonstrated abilities in number use and color identification.
- She learned numerical naming from one to six and could identify numbers, colors, and objects from 300 sample types.
- Ai enjoyed drawing and painting without needing food rewards.
- She once escaped her enclosure using a key.
- Ai gave birth to a son, Ayumu, in 2000, who is also noted for his memory.
- A scarf made from one of Ai's paintings was gifted to Jane Goodall in 2017.