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Gorilla That Can Talk Said Something Shocking About Humans - You Won’t Believe Your Ears
Story Whispers ^ | 21/2/25

Posted on 05/02/2025 8:21:17 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

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To: Eleutheria5

Sounds like Koko was programmed by a human.


41 posted on 05/02/2025 9:13:10 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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42 posted on 05/02/2025 9:31:18 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either)
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To: Eleutheria5

The gorilla is a flaming liberal.


43 posted on 05/02/2025 9:33:07 AM PDT by roving
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To: silent majority rising

Was he a cunning linguist?


44 posted on 05/02/2025 9:35:49 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: Eleutheria5

should have taught it to sign, make America great again!

LMAO


45 posted on 05/02/2025 9:42:25 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Verginius Rufus

Years and years back, in a college intro to public speaking course I was going to give an informative speech on noam Chomsky. The liberal instructor was thrilled (not sure how I even came up with him in the first place though). The more I looked into him though, yeah - liberal but so I changed my topic to something more believable and went with people who think they were abducted by aliens. The instructor was sad over my change but still gave me an A for the speech.


46 posted on 05/02/2025 9:43:52 AM PDT by AlanSC (Guns have two enemies: Rust and Politicians )
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To: Eleutheria5
People can see what they want in animals' behavior. But I distinctly remember watching an interview with Dr. Christian Bernard, the pioneering transplant Doc.

He wept when remembering looking into the eyes of the gorilla he was about to kill for his heart and he said the gorilla knew, and knew Doc knew. I'm sure Doc didn't want to see that.

Broke my own dang heart.

47 posted on 05/02/2025 9:47:16 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Eleutheria5

Who is John Galt?


48 posted on 05/02/2025 9:48:48 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: Verginius Rufus

Can’t stop laughing…


49 posted on 05/02/2025 9:49:56 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Eleutheria5

I see one on The View.


50 posted on 05/02/2025 9:51:47 AM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (I sure am getting what I voted for!)
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To: Eleutheria5

>> Have you ever heard of a gorilla that could drive a car, make jokes, knew over 1,000 words, and even took care of a pet cat?

Well, yeah, but I’m worn out by article after article about Stacy Abrams.


51 posted on 05/02/2025 9:59:36 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: ChessExpert
I've read that the whole gorilla/sign language thing is mostly an exaggeration.

Koko, the famous gorilla was found to sign "fruit" over and over.

She really liked fruit, so big surprise.

52 posted on 05/02/2025 10:01:30 AM PDT by boop (Rock a bye baby)
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To: Eleutheria5

She basically was echoing Genesis 2:15


53 posted on 05/02/2025 10:14:08 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Eleutheria5

“She was a very hairy Greta Thunberg, and her last sign language was telling mankind to stop hurting the earth. “Man stupid! Man stupid!” in lieu of “How dare you!”

I had the great privledge of meeting Koko. Koko was not political and what she allegedly said was transparent human politics putting words in her (signs) mouth. She was not pushy or obnoxious and was really polite. The greenies should be ashamed for using Koko like that.


54 posted on 05/02/2025 10:23:41 AM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: Charles Martel

Re accuracy of this article: First of all Koko was a she not a he. She was highly intelligent; she saw a duck and signed water bird. She thought independently and could understand high level concepts. She had a sense of humor.

She took me for a little walk. She would pick small green plants, take a bite and offer me some. At one point she picked one, didn’t bite it and gave it to me. It was bitter and she laughed at the joke she played on me.

I saw her reading the Three Little Kittens. She signed “Mama angry. This is all no joke. She was not a monkey, she was an empathetic, intelligent, creative and very special being. I miss her very much.


55 posted on 05/02/2025 10:33:40 AM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: boop
She really liked fruit

Makes me think of the "Far Side" cartoon where one gorilla is telling another how much he really likes bananas.

56 posted on 05/02/2025 11:01:14 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Eleutheria5

I read “The Island of Dr. Moreau”. It is best to just leave these animals be.


57 posted on 05/02/2025 11:12:22 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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58 posted on 05/02/2025 12:01:03 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Eleutheria5
"Gorilla That Can Talk Said Something Shocking About Humans"

I've already heard Big Mike bad-mouth us whities.

59 posted on 05/02/2025 12:06:40 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: dfwgator

https://youtu.be/500oUCdpdgU


60 posted on 05/02/2025 12:19:18 PM PDT by Smellin Salt (AT A POLITICAL )
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