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Koko The Gorilla

Anonymous Sun 15 Mar 23:05:56 2020 No.11472962 View Reply Original Report

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What is /sci/'s consensus on Koko? Could she actually communicate or was she only doing it for treats and praise like a pet?

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Anonymous Sun 15 Mar 2020 23:10:33 No.11472965 Report

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If the account that she signed the words for sadness when her pet died are true, then yeah she could communicate

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Anonymous Sun 15 Mar 2020 23:12:17 No.11472969 Report

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>>11472965
A lot of the signing koko does is after Penny does them. She will ask Koko "Are you sad?" In sign language and then Koko will sign "Sad"

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Anonymous Sun 15 Mar 2020 23:12:36 No.11472970 Report

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Confirmation bias

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Anonymous Sun 15 Mar 2020 23:14:06 No.11472973 Report

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>was she only doing it for treats and praise like a pet
This is how humans learn to do it.

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Anonymous Sun 15 Mar 2020 23:16:23 No.11472978 Report

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>>11472973
I feel like she is on par with a dog

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Anonymous Sun 15 Mar 2020 23:22:19 No.11472992 Report

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Patterson spent 46 years with Koko. I'd say she was extremely biased. Tbf I would be if I spent that much time with a gorilla and threw away the rest of my life

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2020 01:10:01 No.11473239 Report

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>Q: Koko are you going to have a baby in the future?
>Koko: Pink.
>Patterson: We had earlier discussion about colors today.
>Q: Do you like to chat with people?
>Koko: Fine nipple.
>Patterson: Nipple rhymes with people, she doesn't sign people per se, she was trying to do a "sounds like..."
>Q: Does she have hair? Or is it like fur?
>Koko: Fine.
>Patterson: She has fine hair.
>Q: Koko, do you feel love from the humans who have raised you?
>Koko: Lips, apple give me.
>Patterson: People give her her favorite foods.
It's just facilitated communication. Koko couldn't communicate beyond the level of a dog.

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2020 01:14:00 No.11473247 Report

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I dont know much for sign languages but that apes mouth could communicate with my cock.

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2020 01:18:19 No.11473261 Report

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>>11472962
I'm not into [spoiler:lit]bestiality[/spoiler:lit]

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2020 01:26:40 No.11473292 Report

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>>11472962
she was as smart as any other person, bigot. how dare you assume her abilities?

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2020 01:31:48 No.11473304 Report

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>>11472962
Clever Hans effect

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