Washoe was born in West America in 1965. Washoe was captured by the US Air Force for research for the space program. Washoe was named for Washoe County, Nevada, where she was raised and was taught how to use ASL (American Sign Language)Washoe was the first female Common Chimpanzee to learn to communicate with American Sign Language. In 1967, Allen and Beatrix Gardner invented a project that will teach Washoe ASL at the University Of Nevada, Reno. At the time previous attempts to teach chimpanzees to speak vocal languages. The Gua and Vicki projects had failed. The Gardners believed that these projects were to hard for Washoe and moved on into ASL.
Washoe had her own 8x24 trailer that had all the home needs such as: a Fridge, a bed with blankets and sheets, a couch, drawers, she had access to the clothes, toys, books and a toothbrush. Much like the human child, she underwent a regular routine with chores, outdoor play, and rides in the family car
The text was a bit too small and I had to strain to read it. I think some of that writing was not your own and sounded like wikipedias. But there was enough writing compared to images but maybe just another one of maybe her trainer and her. You could have told them how they started doing tests with other chimps with ASL and how she taught her son ASL.
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