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Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, dies at 46
ABC News ^
| June 21, 2018
| The Associated Press
Posted on 06/21/2018 3:51:48 AM PDT by Trump20162020
Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language, has died.
The Gorilla Foundation says the 46-year-old western lowland gorilla died in its sleep at the foundation's preserve in California's Sana Cruz mountains on Tuesday.
Koko was born at the San Francisco Zoo, and Dr. Francine Patterson began teaching the gorilla sign language that became part of a Stanford University project in 1974.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: commongestures; epigraphyandlanguage; francinepatterson; gestures; gorilla; gorillas; humangestures; koko; kokothegorilla; sanfranciscozoo; signlanguage; stanforduniversity; talkinggorilla
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To: Az Joe
I believe that certain primates have the intellectual capacity of a 2 or 3 year old human and as much, or less, real understanding. Democrats?
Liberals?
Nancy Pelosi?
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06/21/2018 4:56:05 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: I want the USA back
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:03:36 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: Trump20162020
Are they covering it on the Gorilla Channel?
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:09:47 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Trump20162020
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:11:16 AM PDT
by
real saxophonist
( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
To: Trump20162020
Now she will join the great Harambe in Gorilla Heaven.
To: Psalm 73
Didn’t Koko have a cat as well?
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:16:07 AM PDT
by
waterhill
(I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
To: Trump20162020
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:25:06 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Trump20162020
Anthropomorphism writ large.
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:28:08 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(A)
To: Trump20162020
All the people who invested in her art work are gonna make a bundle!
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:30:36 AM PDT
by
Oratam
To: waterhill
"Didnt Koko have a cat as well?"
I think so. Cats seem to think WE'RE idiots, so Koko's cat must have thought him an imbecile.
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06/21/2018 5:40:43 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: Trump20162020
By Koko. Did she have an offspring that was learning sign language?
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:42:33 AM PDT
by
Retvet
(Retvet)
To: Trump20162020
she last signed that man made global warming was a farce and that al gore is the only one able to make money in carbon credits...
then she passed gas and giggled then died.
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posted on
06/21/2018 5:56:04 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: a fool in paradise
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06/21/2018 6:01:37 AM PDT
by
tm61
(Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
To: tm61
If she knew sign language, wouldn’t she demand “Release me from my captivity”?
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06/21/2018 6:06:32 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Trump20162020
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06/21/2018 6:34:41 AM PDT
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CharleysPride
(Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
To: Trump20162020
Awww, that’s sad. RIP Koko.
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posted on
06/21/2018 6:45:19 AM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: Trump20162020
Supposedly, his last “sign” was “....and will you PLEASE stop comparing us to black people?”
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06/21/2018 6:49:17 AM PDT
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OrangeHoof
(CNN - the most busted name in news.)
To: Trump20162020
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06/21/2018 6:52:43 AM PDT
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CodeJockey
(Trump... The exorcist of Cultural Marxism)
To: a fool in paradise
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06/21/2018 6:57:48 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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