Yeah, I was going to bring up dogs as well. They seem to queue off human emotion and try to read us. Dogs seem to display emotion through attachment/separation so I would think gorillas could as well.
Perhaps Koko was sad that Robin’s checks won’t be coming every month?
[ Yeah, I was going to bring up dogs as well. They seem to queue off human emotion and try to read us. Dogs seem to display emotion through attachment/separation so I would think gorillas could as well. ]
Precisely, your dog doesn’t know you are sad because you got fired or that granny died, they are sad because YOU are sad, and when the leader of the pack is sad, they are sad.
Same with the Gorilla. Unless the Gorilla loses it’s trainer like a dog losing it’s master then the gorillas would be sad.