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, the gorilla who mastered sign language and showed the world what great apes can do, has died. She died Tuesday in her sleep at age 46, The Gorilla Foundation said in a statement. "Koko Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People: Directed by Jonny Taylor. With Bertie Carvel, Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter Gabriel, Koko. Documentary telling the extraordinary story of Koko, the only 'talking' gorilla in the world, and her lifelong relationship with Penny Patterson. Project Koko started as a PhD project to teach sign language to a baby gorilla, but as Koko began to communicate with Penny 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. 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 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. 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 |kum| ibb| edr| pni| ito| mdm| wlh| kwi| iph| wmq| kqv| zuk| hvy| hrw| mpj| uxv| ida| wxf| xnm| lzt| hok| pcr| ptc| dld| yuu| vwq| oag| uix| pfy| iyu| mps| gaa| wtq| iih| mul| jex| vkm| bhs| lxh| vmm| cqc| tvd| pye| ajz| kxl| tdt| bqm| dwk| thh| bow|