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(playful pop music)
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- Chimp Haven is a retirement facility.
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This is their forever home.
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This is where they come to explore
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and live like chimpanzees.
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(chimpanzees chattering)
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In June 2013,
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the director of the National Institutes of Health
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made an announcement that virtually all of the chimpanzees
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would be retired from research.
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We have close to 200 chimpanzees here now.
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Around half of our colony are veterans of research
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that was focused on a cure for HIV/AIDS,
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as well as Hepatitis C.
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And so, as a result of that,
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those chimpanzees had to be infected with those viruses.
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- Good morning, Gina!
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Genetically, I'd say we're about 98% identical
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to a chimpanzee.
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And, as you can imagine, that's why they were ideal subjects
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in test studies because they wanna learn more
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about how they can benefit humans.
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So, I would definitely say
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that the human and chimp relationship
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is one that is ever-evolving.
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Give me your hand.
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Give me your hand.
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Good girl!
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They're a lot like us and our family dynamics.
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You see siblings, they're interacting,
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they're playing with one another.
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Every relationship is different;
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it's just like us with humans.
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Certain individuals you'll have
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really close intimate relationships with; some not so much.
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- We also have seen some behavioral changes
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where a chimpanzee might appear to be overly timid
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and, you know, see a change in that over time.
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We might see that a chimpanzee is a lot more interested
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in exploring the five-and-a-half-acre habitat,
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and this might've been the first opportunity
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that they had to do that.
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- I think it's such a great benefit to know
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that this is where they'll live out the rest of their lives
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and to know that despite whatever their past may be,
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we are at least giving them the opportunity
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to live out a time of retirement
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where they're with other chimps,
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where they're able to exhibit
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these species' typical behaviors,
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and they're just able to be chimps
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and know that, you know what?
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Life is good.