Famous Great Apes!

• Bigfoot

  Big, elusive humanoid beast of North America

• Chimpsky, Nim

  The language-learning chimp named for Noam Chomsky

• Cornelius, Dr.

  The good chimp in The Planet of the Apes

• Goodall, Jane

  Chimpanzee expert and conservationist

• Ham the Chimp

  America's first chimpanzee in space

• King Kong

  Star of 1933's King Kong

• Koko the Gorilla

  The gorilla who used human sign language

• McDowall, Roddy

  Cornelius and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes movie series

• Washoe the Chimp

  Chimp who learned sign language

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