Chantek, a male orangutan, 1977 was born in Atlanta, Georgia. An anthropologist in Tennessee raised him and taught him American sign language. 20 14 documentary "orangutans go to college" protagonist.

20 17 On August 7th, Atlanta Zoo announced that Shatek, a male orangutan who could communicate in sign language, had died at the age of 39, making him one of the oldest male orangutans in North America.

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Because the DNA of orangutans is as similar as 97% to humans, when Shatek was only a few months old, he was sent to the University of Tennessee for anthropologists here to study a new topic, "Is human behavior inherited or learned?" Although it is only for research, anthropologist Lynn regards Satek as the treasure of raising and education, and little Satek also regards Lynn as his mother.