““If you want to communicate with an ape, try communicating about these topics. Just remember to keep it simple. You may be surprised. Boyce Rensberger, a former science writer for the Washington Post, learned ASL from his parents, who could neither speak nor hear, although he could do both. When interacting with a chimp who had mastered a bit of American Sign Language, he said: “Suddenly I realized I was conversing with a member of another species in my native tongue.””
