Kanzi: The ape that understands humans and knows over 3000 words

"Kanzi, can you tell who this is? Tell Sue!"
This bonobo is a genius.
It has managed o learn human language.
Kanzi is an extraordinary ape, it was born with a talent never seen before. However, scientist wanted to see how far he could go so they submitted him to tests, each one harder than the last.
The questions were simple, but tricky.

[DeejayJeanP]

Watch out for when he says "NO". That'll be the end for us.

[walterlebzax]

And the story continues: Kanzi put humans to the test by making grunts, howls, barks, rumbles, and many more monkey sounds. When humans uttered no response to his noises, Kanzi came to the conclusion that humans are very stupid.

[GeraldiusDamascus]

Meanwhile the other bonobos kid
"Mom, stop comparing me with kanzi" 😂

[noahcrowley]

all fun and games until he stands up and says no

[Sweenis]

"the words grew in complexity"

"rock"

[snowmiaow]

He didnt reach intelligence, it was discovered he was intelligent

[darksoals]

When you have an animal as smart as this, I hope they bothered to ask him if he was happy

[robertojrantonio]

As a Chimp myself, this video is very accurate. We learn the use of language very fast.

[Alf-gmtf]

If only koba was treated with the same love and respect kanzi has.

[nasis]

Kanzi actually picked up some ASL from seeing a few videos of Koko. They didn't realize he knew some signs until he tried communicating with a person who had previously worked with Koko. Kanzi is truly amazing.

[Uncle_yandere]

this monke smarter than 50% of twitter users

[EnginAtik]

“He didn’t lose his animal instincts” as if humans did.

[HighwayPatrolWayne]

3000 words!!! This mother trucker has a larger vocabulary than I do.

[cinemike]

I’m not fond of confining and testing them like this but it does serve to show just how amazing they are. The intelligence level here is higher than most human children. It really helps us understand some of our own development in the very early years of our existence.

[liggerstuxin]

I wonder if he’s at the point where he thinks they’re being condescending to him. He can’t speak, but he clearly understands.

[johnfairweather]

It's pretty sad to think that chimps have a high level of cognition but the horrors they have to face from humans poaching them is almost like abusing children. I myself hope to see a world where we have the ability to give them a safe and secured territory

[dreamericvoid]

now he's proved himself. let him live a life he wants

[sonesinhsomxanxay]

This just brings me to tears. So intelligent! At the same time it breaks my heart that he's not with the other ape. This intelligent being deserves to be treated with kindness and love!

[anarki]

The reason he learned while others didn't is because he was exposed to language at an earlier age. It's obvious.

[Amuzic_Earth]

Even his expression of joy seems so human.