Jodie, the Little Rock Zoo’s oldest chimpanzee (she was about 50), has died. The following sound like anybody you know?

Jodie’s longtime companion, Kim, passed away in 2007, and Jodie was often seen assisting the frail and forgetful chimp.  In contrast to her warm and supportive relationship with the members of the chimp group, her relationship with people was aloof and distant.  Her keepers had great respect for her uncompromising independence and often felt as though Jodie regarded them as inferior apes.

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