Koko the gorilla, who became famous for her use of sign language, died in her sleep at age 46 in her california preserve on june 19, 2018. Kōkō, short for kōtōgakkō, meaning a high school The gorilla foundation is best known for conducting the longest interspecies communication study in history (almost 5 decades) and the only one involving gorillas
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Koko, the adored gorilla known for her sign language skills, has died at the age of 46
Koko rose to fame in the 1970s when an animal psychologist named francine penny patterson taught her.
Koko, the western lowland gorilla that died in her sleep tuesday at age 46, was renowned for her emotional depth and ability to communicate in sign language. Koko, the western lowland gorilla who died at the age of 46, changed the way we think about animals — and that's one of her biggest legacies Koko is perhaps the best known gorilla in the world because of her sign language and artistic abilities, her relationships with kittens, and a considerable amount of worldwide media since she was a baby. Because gorillas — and all animals — do think and feel, and koko proved as much
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. In polynesian languages such as māori and hawaiian, koko refers to a bird (e.g., tūī, historically called koko) or “blood/ink,” which sometimes feeds into nickname and toponymic usage.
