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Jane Temerlin, from Oklahoma, adopted Lucy from a zoo at just two days old She and psychotherapist husband Maurice treated her with 'all human comforts' When she reached puberty, they took her to Gambia, feeling she was 'dangerous' Student Janis Carter was hired by the couple to help care for 11-year-old Lucy  Janis moved into rainforest with Lucy for six years to encourage her to adapt Viewers were left in 'floods of tears' after watching the documentary last night   

The extraordinary story of the woman who raised 'Lucy the chimp' as a HUMAN on coffee, gin and a king size bed... but now says she regrets the 1960s 'nature versus nurture' experiment after she couldn't live in the wild is told in a Channel 4 documentary Jane Temerlin adopted the chimp from a zoo when she was two days old and gave her 'every human comfort' But when she reached puberty, they took her to Gambia, where she spent the last decade of her life  Student, Janis Carter ended up living in remote rainforest with Lucy for eight years to encourage her to adapt