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Family of chimps

Netherlands, 1970
film

A documentary recording the day-to-day activities of a chimpanzee family living in an open enclosure surrounded by a moat at Burgers Zoo in Arnheim. Scientist..

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Circus at the zoo

United States, 1951
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Baboons

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Miss Goodall and the wild chimpanzees

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Darwin was right!

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Apes

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Baboon Social Life

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Mainly monkeys

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Among the wild chimpanzees

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The Apes

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Otto: zoo gorilla

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Zoo

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Animals of the zoo

United States, 1933
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Zoo babies: observing things about us

United States, 1955
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Zoo

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Teaching sign language to the chimpanzee

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Zoo baby animals

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Chimpanzees reared in darkness

United States, 1947
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Feeding time at the zoo

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