it's bound to break your heart

Parent Trap <--- Click and listen. The particular piece of the podcast I'm referring to is the second Act and the story of Lucy, the chimpanzee.

When Lucy was only two days old, she was adopted by psychologist Dr. Maurice K. Temerlin and his wife Jane. The Temerlins wondered, if given the right environment, how human could Lucy become? We hear from Lucy's language tutor, Dr. Roger Fouts, Lucy's caretaker and eventual friend, Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, and Mr. Temerlin himself... or his words anyway, read by radio host David Garland. And writer Charles Siebert helps us to make sense of Lucy's story.

At first I was rather intrigued by the story and the fact that a chimp could learn to behave like a human. I knew they were capable of learning sign language, but to actually identify as a human and reject their own species, was something completely new and mind blowing to me. As the story goes on, it turns out to be an epic heart break. I won't go into detail, as I think you should hear it for yourself.