Koko looks through a new picture book sent to her as a gift from a Gorilla Foundation volunteer, Kimberly Sullivan. Koko signs about certain pictures that she likes: for example flowers when she sees some pretty flowers, red (and lipstick drink) when she sees a picture of red cats (she used to have a cat named lips lipstick). She also opens the gift card and signs cat, which is on the cover of the card. When Penny asks her to select her favorite picture in the book, she of course selects the red cats. But when Penny asks her to select a picture for Ron (co-founder Dr. Ron Cohn, her usual photographer and father figure) she selects the picture of an alligator featuring a large open mouth full of sharp teeth (alligator toys are Kokos favorites for scaring people, and herself). When Ron comes over to see Kokos pick, Koko seems a bit embarrassed and puts her hands over her face to sign unattention. Lesson: Gorillas can be extremely sensitive. Date Added: Mar 1, 2009 Videographer: Penny Patterson.
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What a magnificent creature 🙂
OMG! how is koko SO SMART!?!? find your favorite picture and goes straight to the red cats haha why dont they get koko another kitten?
I wonder if she ever feels patronized?
Kokos like i wanted a fucking banana not a damn card lol
2:05 – 2:15 holy crap she loves kittens
@VjerniBosanac
there’s no way anybody is gonna show any aggression to that gorilla. if so, they got some real balls.
koko owns
No, Koko is alive. She is 39 years old.
poor koko sitting in an office while others play and jump in the jungle….. too sad
I wonder that if Koko has a baby, would she try to teach it sign language? I think that would be very interesting.
I also wonder if eyesight of gorillas is about the same as humans?
lol @Downfader1
Wait . . . why is a gorilla sitting in an office, and not in her natural or a psuedo-natural environment? She’s not a baby, a toy, or a dog. She’s a wild animal, and should be raised as such.
Damn she flips through pages just like a human. It just goes to show that we are not super advanced or unique in this planet.
you people make me laugh ahahah! ok the ape is remarkable i understand, but damn lay off i’m pretty sure she got beaten regularly thats why she shows RON the scary aligator with the open mouth-BECAUSE HE YELLS AT HER!
Haha, she burped.
wait did koko pass away?
nice tits
I love Koko
Silly Koko you’re licking it upside down! …
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A truely remarkable animal.. it’s sad how someone could get away with murdering this animal with no charge – its discusting.
it amazes me how she scans the pages just like a person would do 🙂
This is so sad because Koko remembers her cat that was run over. That’s why she likes the cat picture so much.
Yeah it’s like, everything that Ive been taught in school tries to tell me that it’s a human wearing a costume. LOL! I love animals, or rather, other individuals.
I find this just incredible. What an amazing creature.