Comments on: Washoe the chimp has died – goodbye Washoe http://www.psychnews.co.uk/33washoe-the-chimp-has-died-of-influenza.html News for psychology teachers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:10:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Angry Lab Rat http://www.psychnews.co.uk/33washoe-the-chimp-has-died-of-influenza.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 Angry Lab Rat Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:01:01 +0000 http://www.psychexchange.co.uk/blog/33washoe-the-chimp-has-died-of-influenza.html#comment-6 The only example, along with Koko the signing gorilla, of one species learning the language of another enough to converse. Yep, I'm willing to believe Mankind had been bested. So what were Washoe's last words, I wonder? Maybe, "I've tried for 40 years to teach them, but stupid humans can't learn one word in Chimpanzee." See my blog post on this at: http://angrylabrat.blogspot.com/2007/11/goodbye-to-language-pioneer.html The only example, along with Koko the signing gorilla, of one species learning the language of another enough to converse. Yep, I’m willing to believe Mankind had been bested. So what were Washoe’s last words, I wonder? Maybe, “I’ve tried for 40 years to teach them, but stupid humans can’t learn one word in Chimpanzee.”

See my blog post on this at:
http://angrylabrat.blogspot.com/2007/11/goodbye-to-language-pioneer.html

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