At first, she wasn't sure Kanzi understood.
Savage-Rumbaugh explained to him that people had thrown the cans in the river. Every now and then, a Coke can would float by. Kanzi and Savage-Rumbaugh often sat beside a somewhat polluted river. And he was understanding new sentences made up of familiar words. He was referring to the past and the future. He was talking about places and objects that weren't in sight. His favorite food is onions and his favorite game is chase.īefore long, Kanzi was doing many of the things humans do with language.
Kanzi, which means 'treasure' in Swahili, was born in 1980.
