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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: I want the USA back
No, monkeys aren't human. But they are part of the five species of primates.
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posted on
06/21/2018 6:58:13 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: I want the USA back
For someone who knows nothing about the intensive work trainers did with Koko, you certainly are opinionated. And wrong.
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posted on
06/21/2018 6:58:35 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Trump is a real estate genius because he lives rent-free in so many heads.)
To: I want the USA back
Except this story is about an ape.
Not a monkey.
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posted on
06/21/2018 6:59:18 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Gets my vote as best reply post of the thread. LoL. (a good picture is worth 1000 posts)
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posted on
06/21/2018 7:00:56 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: Trump20162020
KOKO, KOKO, KOKO...
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posted on
06/21/2018 7:01:50 AM PDT
by
safeasthebanks
("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
To: Ciaphas Cain
/No reports of what Koko’s last words were?
/”Rosebud...”
Hahahahaha
This is why I can’t read this stuff at work.
To: I want the USA back
Gorillas aren't monkeys, they're apes. So are humans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae
The Hominidae (/hɒˈmɪnɪdiː/), whose members are known as great apes or hominids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo, the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan; Gorilla, the eastern and western gorilla; Pan, the common chimpanzee and the bonobo; and Homo, which includes modern humans and its extinct relatives (e.g., the Neanderthal), and ancestors, such as Homo erectus.
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posted on
06/21/2018 7:15:02 AM PDT
by
Simon Green
("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
To: waterhill
Zoos put cats and dogs into cages with wild animals so they know if the zoo creature will become violent.
Tigers shred those puppies all the time. It basically gives the zoo a warning of whether the cat should be in the public eye or not.
And now you know !
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posted on
06/21/2018 7:15:13 AM PDT
by
Celerity
To: Trump20162020
First Harambe, and now Koko. I don't know if I can take much more of this …
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posted on
06/21/2018 7:37:57 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
To: Trump20162020
I'm open to the concept that the other great apes such as gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans are people. People of very limited intellect, and not human....but people nonetheless, and as such should be granted very limited rights.
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posted on
06/21/2018 8:08:28 AM PDT
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Simon Green
("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
To: Simon Green
In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
To: Psalm 73
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posted on
06/21/2018 8:31:29 AM PDT
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waterhill
(I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
To: Trump20162020; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...
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posted on
06/21/2018 9:14:01 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: Trump20162020
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posted on
06/21/2018 12:08:55 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: Trump20162020
Remarkable story of Koko. R.I.P.
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posted on
06/21/2018 4:25:50 PM PDT
by
tob2
(So much to do; so little desire to do it.)
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