The Lucy podcast was the story of a chimpanzee who was raised and socialized exactly like a human being. From a baby Lucy was raised like a normal human baby would be raised; she would sleep and play in a crib, drink milk from a bottle, and, when Lucy got older, eat dinner at the dinner table like a normal human. Though as Lucy got older she grew much stronger and would destroy the house and the parents of Lucy had to take her to a chimpanzee refuge where other chimpanzees that were raised by Lucy had to go. It took Lucy a very long time to adjust to a different life of being a real chimpanzee. Eventually Lucy (and the other chimpanzees) had adapted to a normal chimp life out in the wild. Lucy was then supposably killed by a poacher when her bones were discovered by the original parents.
Personal Response: In my opinion Lucy taught us that chimpanzees can be raised and socialized by humans can almost become completely human, though it is wrong to raise chimpanzees in a different way than normal. Lucy taught us that to be human you have to be
raised by humans and in a human environment. After listening to the story my perspective of chimps have changed pretty drastically. I think the experiment of raising a chimp like a human was definitely worthwhile because it gave us much more knowledge about chimpanzees and their connection to humans. After hearing the end of the story it made me feel that chimpanzees are not meant to be raised in a human environment.
