Yoko, a 38-year-old chimpanzee, eats with cutlery, plays ball, watches TV, and even paints — but he's lonely. Rescued from illegal trafficking and "humanized" in the process, Colombia's last great ape in captivity is now headed to a sanctuary in Brazil to reunite with his species.
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00:00This is the last day of our trip to Vietnam.
00:02We are now in the middle of the jungle.
00:04There are a lot of monkeys.
00:06The monkeys are so cute.
00:08They are not as big as you think.
00:10They are so tiny.
00:12We are trying to find a place where we can record our story.
00:14I'm not sure if we'll find the place we are looking for.
00:16But I'll try my best.
00:18I'm just trying to stay focused.
00:20I'm trying to keep my focus.
00:22I hope I can find a place where we can record our story.
00:24I'm just trying to stay focused.
00:26I hope I can find a place where we can record our story.
00:28Joko, as you know, is a chimpanzee that is very humanized.
00:35His degree of manhood is very high, right?
00:38This allows him to have very similar behaviors to those of a human being,
00:42who basically behaves like a child,
00:45which shouldn't be the case, right?
00:47Because he has to behave like a chimpanzee.
00:58Joko is going to be with individuals of his own species for the first time.
01:20Chimpanzees are gregarious animals.
01:22They are sociable group animals.
01:24And Joko has always lived in solitude because of a tragic story.
01:27Joko, since he was very little, has been a victim of trafficking,
01:31of commerce, he went from hand in hand with drug traffickers.
01:44So Joko's departure is also profoundly symbolic for this reason.
01:48Colombia is now without any great apes.
01:51The great apes are chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos.
01:56None of these species is endemic to our country.
01:59And they don't have to be in our country.