Chantek (orangutan)
(1977-2017)
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Chantek (December 17, 1977 – August 7, 2017), born at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, was a male hybrid Sumatran/Bornean orangutan who mastered the use of a number of intellectual skills, including American Sign Language (ASL), taught by American anthropologists Lyn Miles and Ann Southcombe. In Malay and Indonesian, cantik (pronounced chanteek) means "lovely" or "beautiful".
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17 December 1977 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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| Died |
7 August 2017 (aged 39) Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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