Viki was an ape that was intentionally taught language but the results were poor as the people who were conducting the tests on Viki were more focused on teaching her to articulate spoken language. As for Kanzi, he lived with other apes but was constantly interacting with humans. A result of Kanzi’s interactions with humans showed his ability to comprehend a small sample of the English language. The experiments conducted on Kanzi were also conducted on the researcher’s daughter. The researcher, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, daughter, Alia, was around two years old as Kanzi was eight years old. After a series of trails that were mainly command based Alia, two years old, and Kanzi, eight years old, showed similar comprehension ability (Burling,
Viki was an ape that was intentionally taught language but the results were poor as the people who were conducting the tests on Viki were more focused on teaching her to articulate spoken language. As for Kanzi, he lived with other apes but was constantly interacting with humans. A result of Kanzi’s interactions with humans showed his ability to comprehend a small sample of the English language. The experiments conducted on Kanzi were also conducted on the researcher’s daughter. The researcher, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, daughter, Alia, was around two years old as Kanzi was eight years old. After a series of trails that were mainly command based Alia, two years old, and Kanzi, eight years old, showed similar comprehension ability (Burling,