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A pioneering chimpanzee went into space for NASA — then retired to North Carolina 44 years ago. Ham the “Astrochimp” made ...

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The child’s distraught mother, Seny Zogba, claims she was working in a field of cassava fruit in Guinea, West Africa when the ...

The mum said she was working in a field when the chimpanzee stole her baby and ran off into the forest, before the discovery ...

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Jeje, a mature Western chimpanzee, ripped the baby from her mother's arms in Guinea, West Africa and killed her, prompting an ...

An angry mob has attacked a nature reserve after a world-famous chimpanzee attacked and killed an eight-month old baby. Jeje, ...

That was until Sept. 25, 1980, when Ham came to the North Carolina Zoo to spend time with other primates. Here’s what we know about the chimp’s life on the 44-year anniversary of his move.