Koko was in awe of Mister Rogers when he visited in 1999, as she had been watching him on TV since she was […]
Koko likes to experiment with many forms of art and technology. Though she has primarily dabbled in painting (see her amazing representational Gorilla […]
Koko is introduced to Ndume for the first time.
Koko craddles Moe in her arms and signs “Baby… Baby”
Penny shows Koko videos of male zoo gorillas, so that she can select the one(s) she is most attracted to. It’s generally a […]
Although Koko was more subdued on her 32nd birthday than on her 31st, she enjoyed her feast foods (especially the new ones) and […]
Koko has a vocabulary of over 1000 signs (American Sign Language) most of which she learned during the first few years of the […]
Koko is looking at a sign language dictionary and points to the sign “wet” in the book. Penny tries to explain the sign […]
This is a rare glimpse of Dr. Ron Cohn, Gorilla Foundation co-founder and video-documentarian, filming Koko — as filmed by Dr. Penny Patterson. […]
In this video Koko has just blown a kiss to a caregiver job applicant who was leaving he premises, as Penny enters and […]
In this video, Penny play-acts with Koko, asking her to make believe Penny’s pen is a microphone. Koko plays along, and after first […]
This is an excerpt from the introduction to the Meet Koko introduction video. It introduces Project Koko, and features Dr. Penny Patterson, its […]
Michael grew up with Koko; they learned sign language together, they both painted beautifully, and they became like brother and sister. But Michael […]
Koko blows over a blade of grass that she holds stretched between her two thumbs, to make a whistling sound. Sometimes she produces […]
It’s called “cultural transmission” when culturally relevant knowledge is passed from one person to another, or from parent to offspring, or from culture […]
This is a brief introduction to the late silverback gorilla, Michael, who grew up with Koko, learned sign language with Koko, painted with […]
One of Koko’s caregivers has just had a baby, and has been keeping the baby close to her in a frontal papoose. Koko […]
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