In more depressing news, Washoe the signing chimp has passed and gone to a better place. She was the first non-human to acquire human language by sign language. She was born in Africa in 1965 where she was raised until taken to America. She has been residing at the Central Washington University of Ellensburg campus since 1980. Her keeper said she had a vocabulary of about 250 words. She died of natural causes in Washington, her memorial will be held November 12.
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