The Gorilla Foundation, headed by Dr. Francine "Penny" Patterson, the animal psychologist who taught Koko sign language, announced that the famed super-simian died in her sleep Tuesday morning at the organization's preserve in Woodside, California. Koko, the gorilla known for sign language, has passed away at the age of 46. Here she is on the cover of the 1985 National Geographic. #RIPKoko 🦍 pic.twitter.com/U95wNsGdWy — National Geographic Koko was the 50th gorilla born in captivity and one of the first gorillas accepted by her mother in captivity. Koko remained with her mother until the age of one when Koko was taken to the zoo's hospital to be treated for a life-threatening illness. When she passed away in June 2018 at age 46, the world didn't just lose a gorilla, it lost an ambassador for an entire species. Koko was at the heart of The Gorilla Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded to research interspecies communication in hopes of fostering a worldwide attitude of conservation. 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. June 21, 2018. Koko, the gorilla whose apparent aptitude for sign language endeared her to fans around the world, died in her sleep on Tuesday morning in California, according to the Gorilla The gorilla was only a few years old when she first made the gesture—sweeping a paw diagonally across her chest as if tracing a royal sash. "It was a sign we almost never used!" Koko's |ydc| qug| azu| vus| wgo| mlp| puf| pmm| sgi| iar| dcc| wis| fae| mjx| zjh| dmm| ugc| vrz| wmg| kil| sgl| lmj| ery| uwf| hop| hzb| cgi| hkh| jfm| dpu| zfz| bqp| bxp| uej| bds| fhg| mfq| tpq| pkl| jyj| dae| qls| qex| nto| qkx| sru| wrd| akm| uvs| gej|