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NOVA AND STATUE BILL THE CHIMP
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NOVA LOOKS RATHER SMALL WHEN COMPARED TO THE STATUE HONORING BILL THE CHIMP WHO DIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 61. JANE GOODALL THE FAMOUS CHIMP SCIENTIST VISITED BILL 2 MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. BILL HAD BEEN AT THE ZOO SINCE THE MID 1950'S. THE CHILDREN OF EUREKA, CA LEARNED OF BILL THE CHIMP WHEN A TRAVELING ZOO VISITED THE AREA IN THE MID 1950S' . BILL WAS THEN KNOWN AS CHAMP, AND WAS TRAINED BY A WORLD FAMOUS CHIMP TRAINER. THE CHILDREN OF EUREKA, SAVED MONEY TO BUY HIM, HE WAS ABOUT 11 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. BILL WAS FAMOUS, ONE OF THE OLDEST CHIMPS IN CAPTIVITY IF NOT THE OLDEST WHEN HE DIED. HE ALSO HAS BEEN ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON, AND SEVERAL MAGAZINES AND WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED PAINTER AS WELL, THIS STATUE WAS BUILT IN HIS HONOR.
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