Project Nim

Project Nim is a documentary of a study that took place in USA where a chimpanzee called Nim was taught from a very young age how to use the American sign language.

The first thing that came up to my mind was… where this chimp came from? Was it stolen from his habitat? It was probably explained in the film, but I didn't hear anything related to that fact.

Moving on, I also found quite interesting to think this was the only real communication that has taken place between human beings and another specie. It was also interesting how the appreciation (love?) between the species was plausible. I know this is something that can be easily experimented between, for instance, dogs and humans. But the fact that it happened between two primates, which made it even more graphic.

It was a bit disappointing to see how they didn't think of the consequences. They spoiled a wild animal like he was a human and, when the real nature and reactions came to the surface, they treated him like a criminal.

Forgiving animals are not common in nature… animals kill and fight each other all the time despite our conception of mother nature or whatsoever. Even though, the information gathered from this experiment was very interesting and it could be an important breakthrough in the field of communication and animal relation.