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Panbanisha (November 17, 1985 – November 6, 2012),[1][2] also known by the lexigram LexigramPanbanisha-sm.jpg, was a female bonobo that featured in studies on great ape language by Professor Sue Savage-Rumbaugh. She was born at Language Research Center at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.[3] Panbanisha was the daughter of Matata, the adopted mother of the famous Kanzi, who also was an intelligent bonobo, and was the mother of two sons, Nyota and Nathen. She lived at the Great Ape Trust in Iowa, where ape behavior and intelligence is studied;.[4] Panbanisha died of a cold at the Great Ape Trust on November 6, 2012. She was 26. She was able to express her sadness through Yerkish when her half-brother Kanzi had to leave. During the studies, Dr. Savage-Rumbaugh had recognized the ability of communication and understanding of the complex sentences.[5]