Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chimpanzee who could understand the English alphabet and more than 100 Chinese characters died, aged 49. Ai arrived in Kyoto, ...

Remember when the critics said your art was so simple that a monkey could do it? Well it turns out they were right. 37-year-old Brent is a retired laboratory primate living at the Chimp Haven ...

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A West African-born chimpanzee who was able to identify more than 100 Chinese characters as well as the English alphabet, died in Japan at the age of 49. Ai, widely known as a “genius” chimpanzee, ...