Name: Going Ape
Released: 2006-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Charlotte Uhlenbrook

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

Going Ape looks to our primate predecessors to understand human interaction and social dynamics. Not only do humans share 98 percent of our genetic code with our closest ape relatives, we also share some of the same inherent basic instincts.

2006 · 22m

Starring Charlotte Uhlenbrook

EPISODE 1

Battlefront

A 13-year-old chimp has been chained to a burnt-out car all her life; a tiny baby gorilla in Mefou National Park.

22m
EPISODE 2

Knife Edge

Trying to save Shufai, a baby gorilla who orphaned by hunters; 19 escaped chimps need to be found.

22m
EPISODE 3

Friend or Foe?

Shufai goes back to the jungle after his surgery; Nino needs to be saved after being attacked by an older male.

22m
EPISODE 4

Letting Go

Baby gorilla Shufai has a seizure; an illegal owner of a chimp escapes incarceration.

23m
EPISODE 5

Hope

Stories of West Africa's illegal bush meat and pet trades; the 4-year-old chimp Nino bonds with his vet.

23m
EPISODE 6

Help

Vet Sheri Speede appeals for help with Nino; Shufai begins his separation from Rachel.

22m

Charlotte Uhlenbrook

Narrator

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