Reared as part of a human family, he learned to use more than 100 signs from American Sign Language, the language used by Deaf Americans. But he was taken from his first human family and handed over to other teachers with whom he did not have the same kind of bond.
在一个人类家庭中养大的尼姆学会了使用100个美式聋哑人手语的手势。但随后它又被从第一个人类家庭移交到其他跟它缺乏养育关系的导师手里。结果它逐渐变得强壮和富有侵略性，甚至开始攻击自己的导师。