At first, Koko did not seem to warm to Gorney, calling her a toilet via sign language. As Gorney recalls, Patterson reprimanded her, saying, “Koko! That is not nice.” But Koko warmed to her interviewer quickly, and when Gorney asked Koko where gorillas go when they die, she signed, “Comfortable hole bye.”

What did Koko say?

“Help Earth. Hurry!” It’s as simple as that.

Did Koko really understand sign language?

But yes – Koko certainly did not master anything like a sign language. Gerardo Ortega, a sign language researcher, said Koko never mastered sign language. He tweeted: “At most she ritualised the use of some signs about the here and now and used them only after trainer promoted her.”

What did Koko say about death?

The caregiver showed Koko a skeleton and asked, “Is this alive or dead?” Koko signed, “Dead, draped.” “Draped” means “covered up.” Then the caregiver asked, “Where do animals go when they die?” Koko said, “A comfortable hole.” Then she gave a kiss goodbye.

Which word did Koko sign when she was given a stuffed kitten?

Researchers initially gave her a stuffed animal, but Koko wouldn’t play with it and continuously signed “sad.” “She was terribly upset,” Ron Cohn, a biologist with the Gorilla Foundation, told the Los Angeles Times in a 1985 interview.

Did Koko ever ask a question?

She says she remembers the day Koko asked her first question. On other days they had played a game together; Patterson would exhale on the window, and Koko would draw on the fogged glass. Now Koko was pointing, first to the window, then to her own mouth, then to Patterson’s mouth, and then to the window again.

How many times did harambe get shot?

Afraid for the boy’s welfare, zoo officials made the decision to kill the gorilla, doing so with a single rifle shot. Cincinnati firefighters said the boy was between Harambe’s legs when the shot was fired. Harambe was killed one day after his 17th birthday.

How many words did Koko know in ASL?

1,000 signs

She became an international celebrity during the course of her life, with a vocabulary of more than 1,000 signs and the ability to understand 2,000 words of spoken English, according to The Gorilla Foundation.

Is the sign language in Planet of the apes accurate?

In the movie, the apes communicate using sign language. The film’s director wanted the signing to be as accurate as possible. The special effects in the film are top-notch. But Bernius says some of the sign language had to be tweaked simply because apes and humans have different hands.