ep21 Chimp Language

and compile the dictionary of chimpanzee language. Cinderella did not wear a glass slipper. A cross of gold brings disaster to many men. Can you imagine that? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is Lindsay McCurry speaking.

I'm back with my charts and another collection of odd and sensational facts with which to regale you for a while. In just one minute and a half, we'll all be back with the proof the statements made a moment ago.

So wait for us, will you please? It's a strange noise, isn't it?

But don't be alarmed. No one here has suddenly gone to chasing imaginary dinosaurs around the studio. What you heard was Charles Fuller, saying he's glad to see us. And who is Charles Fuller? Well, according to a newspaper of March 6, 1915, Charles Fuller was a chimpanzee who could talk so that his owner, E.W.

Noten of Pasadena, California, could understand him. Can you imagine that? Said Mr. Noten when interviewed. I have lately been making a dictionary of the words I found full of uses. So far, I have found six distinct words.

No doubt there are others, but these six I have identified positively. Each one is said on precisely the same sort of occasion. I think this proves that monkeys of the higher orders can converse among themselves, that they can think is already proved.

But listen for yourself. Hola! Hola! Hola! Hola! Hola! Hola! Hola! Hola! Hola! Hola! to eat and that wasn't all Charles Fuller would say. Here are a couple more of the phrases in his vocabulary. That according to Mr. Nolton meant I am afraid and then in chimpanzees that is go away and don't bother me. We have Mr. Nolton's word that Charles Fuller could sow