My Wild Affair

The Ape Who Went To College

Season 1, Episode 2 of 5

This is the incredible story of Chantek, the orangutan raised as a human child on an American university campus during the 70s and 80s. Taught to speak in sign language, he is now living among his own kind at Zoo Atlanta, although he describes himself as an "orangutan person. "

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
7/23/2014
8 p.m.
7/24/2014
1 a.m.
7/27/2014
8 a.m.
7/28/2014
noon
7/28/2014
1 p.m.
7/28/2014
8 p.m.
9/6/2016
noon
9/6/2016
8 p.m.
5/14/2017
3 p.m.
9/26/2017
1 p.m.
8/4/2018
10 a.m.
8/6/2018
2 p.m.
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