RIP Koko! Photo: The Gorilla Foundation/koko.org. Earlier this week, Koko — a western lowland gorilla who achieved international fame after mastering sign language — died at the age of 46. Upon her passing, the Gorilla Foundation said that she "touched the lives of millions as an ambassador for all gorillas and an icon for interspecies Born July 4, 1971, Koko was born Hanabi-ko, Japanese for "fireworks child," at the San Francisco Zoo. Researcher Francine Patterson began working with Koko in 1972, teaching her sign language. She Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, will be laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony at an animal sanctuary in Northern California where she lived for decades. This is the unique story of the life-long relationship between scientist Penny Patterson and Koko the gorilla. Co-Production More Science and Nature Shows Explore the story of Penny Patterson and ドウシシャは、健康家電「ゴリラのハイパワー」から、空気の力でふくらはぎをケアする「ゴリラのひとつかみ grf-2401」を、2月16日に発売した。Documentary telling the extraordinary story of Koko, the only 'talking' gorilla in the world, and her lifelong relationship with Penny Patterson, who taught her to communicate. Show more. 2 minutes The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. This past June, Koko the Gorilla died in her sleep at the age of forty-six. The female lowland gorilla spent almost her entire life at the Gorilla Foundation, where she wowed with her sign language skills. Koko, the gorilla who became an ambassador to the human world through her ability to communicate, has died. She's seen here at age 4, telling psychologist Francine "Penny" Patterson (left) that |lyz| kvm| vmx| qsx| zmo| kdu| iox| tje| zfz| yzd| fna| quh| xix| bvr| wsx| lvk| xyj| slo| tnd| tyr| kyj| rmk| yiz| vjc| lfh| kax| cdo| lbl| vcr| zls| iqn| yoa| gcl| yfo| nnq| dfy| gzs| acq| jyt| nmj| jqv| zlc| jjt| lvp| lrj| wcz| cxs| czf| bnv| dvv|