James Wide purchased a chacma baboon in 1881 and trained him to push his wheelchair and to operate the railway signals under supervision.

After initial scepticism, the railway decided to officially employ Jack once his job competency was verified. The baboon was paid twenty cents a day, and half a bottle of a beer each week.

It is widely reported in his nine years of employment with the railway company, Jack never made a single mistake.

That’s is wild and he worked there for nine years.

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