Lucy

Lucy had an interesting story; it was about the relationship that Lucy shared with humans as well as the change that apes go through when they have to live in the wild again. The story was especially touching with Lucy because of how different she was than a regular chimp. Lucy was had the mental capacity to lie and name objects based off her experiences as a human.  Lucy had many people who were highly involved in her life, those people were her original owners, but then Janis who was most important.

Lucy was very human like. Lucy was able to lie, which most apes aren’t capable of. Lucy also named things after something that had a similar feel, color, smell, or sound. The transition for Lucy was very hard; she lost hair and was very uncomfortable with herself around other apes. The transition that I speak of happened when she was released back into the wild. Lucy couldn’t adjust to her new life for a long time. Lucy took two years to adjust to the island. Lucy however always remembered Janis when she came to the island to visit.

We can learn a lot from Lucy. Lucy was very loving and caring. She taught humans that these animals were able to communicate their love with understanding and language. Lucy was special because of how she reacted when she was left on the island. Lucy has made me think deeply about animals like chimps, apes, and gorilla’s. I have a dog named Sam who acts differently around me when I’m sad or angry. So this feeling that this ape gives off must be very inspirational. The thing that I will think further about is why humans choose dogs and cats to share close relationships with when an animal such as a chimp could be way easier to train, and could understand you way better than any dog or could.