The Original Genius Chimpanzee
03/29/09 - Only In Japan
“Long before Pan-kun became a star on Shimura Zoo, there was another famous performing chimp on Japanese TV: Momo-chan. A chimp from the Nasu World Monkey Park, Momo-chan was raised like a human child by animal trainer Atsushi Miyazawa and appeared regularly on the TBS program Amazing Animals (Doubutsu Kisoutengai)　until about 5 years ago. The final episode of Amazing Animals will air next Sunday night, so the last few episodes of the show have been highlighting some of its greatest moments. The previous episode had a special section about Momo-chan. Here’s a clip showing Miyazawa raising her and teaching her some really neat tricks.” w/ videos
