Guest Author: Kenneth L. Decroo – Right Turn, Clyde

For most guest authors, I let the author’s bio speak for itself. However, author Ken Decroo says little in his official bio about the ‘life worth writing about’ that he has led. This is a man I would love to sit down and talk with. I first came across him when I was researching the  Washoe Project, teaching American Sign Language to chimpanzees. In a recent television interview (available HERE for many readers, but currently unavailable in Europe), he speaks of his encounter with a playful primate. You can also read the story on his blog.

Ken later went on to become an animal trainer and technical advisor in Hollywood, working with Harrison Ford in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and in Brazil, training the jaguars in John Boorman’s “The Emerald Forest”. He has appeared on many talk shows, including “Late Night with David…