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Central Texas Research Chimps Face Uncertain Future

2015-12-15 18:49:40| Biotech - Topix.net

Tucked into the semi-wilderness a few miles north of this Central Texas town, within spitting distance of a federal prison, Nahja, a 25-year old chimpanzee at the Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, wraps a handful of woolly nesting material around her head into something that resembles a shawl. When a handler calls her name, Nahja stretches out her massive hands and catches an orange - this morning's treat - tossed from the observation balcony overlooking the 75-foot wide corral where she and the rest of her social group live.

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