Chantek, an orangutan who became one of the first apes to communicate with researchers using sign-language, died Monday at an Atlanta Zoo. He was 39. Zoo Atlanta announced the orangutan’s death on its ...

Chantek, a male orangutan who lived at Zoo Atlanta, was one of the first apes to successfully learn American Sign Language. He knew other tricks, too. Raised by an anthropologist, Chantek was taught ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Chantek, a male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and memorized the way to a fast-food restaurant, died on Monday at age 39, Zoo ...

Chantek, the beloved orangutan who was one of the first apes to learn sign language, has passed away at age 39. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured ...

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Zoo Atlanta photo shows Chantek the orangutan after the passing of the male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, in this photo released on social media in Atlanta, Georgia - ...

Chantek the orangutan lives in an outdoor enclosure at Zoo Atlanta where he can swing from branch to branch. But he really got around during the eight years he stayed at the University of Tennessee at ...

Researcher Lyn Miles signs to Chantek the orangutan at Zoo Atlanta. AP Chantek, an orangutan who became one of the first apes to communicate with researchers using sign-language, died Monday at an ...

Chantek, a male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and memorized the way to a fast-food restaurant, died on Monday at age 39, Zoo Atlanta said. Chantek ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --Chantek -- one of the first orangutans in the world to learn sign language, and who used it to communicate with zookeepers -- has died at the age of 39, officials announced. Among the ...

Chantek was being treated for progressive heart disease, Zoo Atlanta said An orangutan who was one of the first apes to learn sign language has died in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 39. Chantek lived with an ...