Washoe
My homestay Dorris' son, and her daughter Lee Ann's brother, Kevin is a journalist and singer.We found him on Youtube.He is a great singer!His singing is awesome!He wrote most of his songs.He sings at a club on Fridays. I hope I will have a chance to see him.We talked about superstitions at my Reading & Writing Class yesterday.Back home we, Dorris and I, started to discuss if animals have superstitous behavior and then ended up that she met or rather worked with, a chimpanzee who can use Sign Language.Back in 1960s Dorris worked at the University of Nevada, where Allen and Beatrix Gardner were doing reserach on Washoe.Washoe is the first non-human to learn to communicate using Sign Language. Everybody might have heard about this amazing chimpanzee. Washoe was living with them at their house just like their child.Looking at Washoe's picture on the internet, she recognized her and talked about her in her memory. Washoe used to talk to her by using Sign Language. Wasoe died in 2007.