Koko: A Talking Gorilla [5/8]

[n8tivguitar]

shes 70s HOT..must love her work

[SammyGirl888]

Rip Michael. You are missed. stupid heart attack

[MJmaniac2010]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oo cuuuuuuuuutttteeeee!!!!!!!!!!!­1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!­!!

[lexyvana]

Spider SMASH!

[jpertowski]

Mike is cooler than Koko

[1304Megan]

Lol he's hiding 3:09

[Agr0pr0]

koko is gonna rebel and fuck up humanity haha



[Spidey23girl]

*Signs "Alligator"*

"No that's a scary bug. That's a spider. Spider,"

Cute!!! It's amazing how smart she is.

[devilholdscards]

@ 4:55 "You know how bad I could beat you right dude?" lol

[mattowos1]

Holy Crap this is deep.

[schulze3]

Will the woman talk more then men?

[popo5674]

I aint saying rillas are dumb but wouldnt they get pissed if they tryed to teacher there kids asl

[popo5674]

Idea like to sees "god" explain this muthafucka'

[tamithomas]

sorry but i gotta say this..CEASER!! the movie planet of the apes is not that far from the truth as people think it is

[SuperTonyony]

@tamithomas It's "Ceasar".

[tamithomas]

@SuperTonyony grammar police should be illegal on youtube. get a life and enjoy the video.

[SuperTonyony]

@tamithomas Spelling is not "grammar". :)

[deadstillcurious]

@SuperTonyony But spelling is a part of grammar.

[deadstillcurious]

@SuperTonyony Unfortunately, it's actually Caesar.

[headshooter44]

koko points spider and then BAAAM 9:34

haha i cried laughing. i laughed so hard that was really cool :)

[dirtleg27]

Wow I seen this other video of Koko reading a book and how much she had progressed over the years. How she easily could turn pages and remembered what all her favorite pictures were. Amazing

[EvanAndRob]

What are the odds. A segment break right when Koko pees. Coincidence? I think not.

[dale3858]

Amazing !

[seattleape]

We like Mike.

[alexbc7493]

apparently gorillas can hate spiders too XD

[jengod1]

Dude, Koko and my kid could totally sign with each other about crackers! i wonder what Koko and Ndume would think about Baby Signing Time...

[NegativeBoat]

if this is from '78 i wonder how many words she knows now.

[SElement91]

@NegativeBoat Spoken english, about 2,000. Signing, about 1,000.

[MrHEC381991]

spider...SPLAT!

lmao!

[wadaledu]

everyone in the film is a stoner

[KalaMoonbeam]

Michel's so small! =3

[SElement91]

@KalaMoonbeam Isn't he handsome? I love seeing videos of him as a baby <3

[bosozoku1000]

lol Koko tought the spider is a crocodile and made the crocodile sign.

[man2243]

koko hai la piu bella maestra che un uomo possa desiderare

[Burningthehorse]

micheal looks like a freak

[darkass94]

@3:21 koko is doing 619!!

[EcoDimension]

3:19 koko: " don't touch my human! get OFF my property!!!"

[Howboutthinking]

This is a great look as to how an alien race would have to try to communicate with us

[TheRealLaugh99]

@Howboutthinking why? we dont know if theyd have eyes, hands, ears or anything similar

[CoffeeCaramela]

@TheRealLaugh99 It would be likely they would be able to see and hear, since those qualities are beneficial to almost every species survival. But your point still stands, I agree that communicating with gorillas doesn't give us much of an insight as far as alien communication goes.

[ge2298]

this reminds me of tarzan, koko and michael are sooo cute!!

[BowToMySkill]

i wonder if you taught a few hundred gorrillas sign language and then released them into the wild if they would teach their offspring sign language

[NewYorkaSchnabeltier]

@BowToMySkill fucking epic to think off

[MyBeretWasBlue]

@BowToMySkill i am not a biologist but if we do that, gorillas would lose their primitive insticts and become extinct. experiments are great, but some things go against nature

[hotwhire]

@MyBeretWasBlue Not true. You cant just send them in the wild if they've never been there, And experimenting shows us how we can help them or what makes us closer to them.

[Xiphos0292]

@hotwhire Do you even know what comment MyBeretWasBlue was responding to? Some guy suggesting that hundreds of gorillas be taught sign language and released into the wild. To say that this would cause an imbalance in the natural behavior of gorillas couldn't be more true.

[ShesThe1yup]

@MyBeretWasBlue yea alot of the ones in care is because they were orphans and they are hunted so much :)

[NewOrleansboii]

@BowToMySkill Bad idea.. Species should learn their own unique way of communication.

Learning an advanced structure without a developed culture is a recipe for extinction.

[M1O71]

@BowToMySkill I was thinking this, language is passed on through culture generation after generation. If the original Gorillas were using sign language to communicate then they would surely pass this on to their young.

[CapitanoGUC]

@BowToMySkill you would need to find mtual or deaf gorillas - or (i´m not proposing this) make them death ...

[SuperKuteNene]

@BowToMySkill I know this is a old comment but for the record: they actually wanted to try that with koko, but she wouldn't breed with the two males they selected for her :)

[gypsyqueenmaya]

@BowToMySkill Hahahaha thats what I was thinking.... like would they do sign language to eachother because it just comes natural to them after a while? Lmao

[Zamlak]

there have been instances in captivity where gorillas have taught their offspring a few words.

[bettaman94]

@BowToMySkill chimps teach there babies sign without prompting

[EwMena]

@BowToMySkill I can't remember if it was chimpanzees or gorillas

ut there was a study done where it was observed that chimpanzees/gorillas who knew sign language taught it to their offspring and even came up with a few of their own.

[ErmacBOSS]

@BowToMySkill that is exactly what I was thinking.... while high and watching these vids right now

[anthony20cali]

@BowToMySkill came to my mind too. would be wonderful to ask other species how they feel about things

[enjoypolo]

@BowToMySkill That would be a groundbreaking experiment. One that would require huuuge amount of ressources and patience I guess ...

[Tait011]

@BowToMySkill

Apparently that has happened, they didnt release them into the wild BUT they did teach their offspring sign!

I'm not sure of the validity of this info cause inthe same documentary one or 2 people mentioned 'souls' :/

[mistytinker13]

@BowToMySkill I read somewhere that Koko tried to teach one of her dolls the sign language for 'food', so they might try it you know! :)

[abarbar06]

Koko (along with many non human primates) is more of a person than humans with severe alzheimer's or other in a "vegetable" state.

[krrainio]

Sseems that they are very under very stressed.

[EntropicMisanthropic]

7:25 - Penny Patterson's cute ass is like "owwww, 200lb gorilla on my shoulders"

[PyroNonStop]

It would be EXTREMELY cool if you would teach Koko to Bench Press and all these weight lifting things like squats, he would need special bars and stuff to get a workout. It would be cool if he broke the Bench Press record of the world with almost no "Pushing Yourself" dedication at all hahahaha!

[ConceitedEnt3]

@PyroNonStop Hes a She :P check out michael in the sidebar dude that gorrila has a fucking 6 pack !!!

[PyroNonStop]

@ConceitedEnt3 Hahahahaha thanks man!

[MarkQP]

@PyroNonStop

they should get a silverback gorilla for that

[PyroNonStop]

@MarkQP Are they stronger?? Thanks:)

[MarkQP]

@PyroNonStop

yea and theyre like 400-500 lbs

[shoticko]

idk why but i like this girl i guess because of her talking manner

[JungleHyena]

@shoticko ... yes ... you are right ... Koko can be impressive :D

[Xytos]

ironically, im watching this documentary because of the chick and not the gorilla

[Ryz0n89]

when mankind discovers seed AI to use on yourselves, if the apes are still around, they surely will be invigorated with such intelligence. Hopefully we don't enslave them or some shit.

[xbrentx69]

the gorilla looks happy but say if another gorilla wanted to get out of the cage bad couldnt it just rip off the cage door lol

[WolfCry8]

It's funny how they use their mouth in the place of fingers. Like when koko's reading the book.

[masorlie]

Mother & Father in the park with their children:-)

[Polyfusia]

"We established communication between two individuals of another species for the first time". Uhhh, nearly all social animals communicate with eachother. Just not in English.

[thedemonunderyourbed]

amazing but the womans voice goes thru me..and does she have to shout all the time???

[EliteKiller07]

Wow, this is so incredible. You can really tell they are our ancestors.

[martpast1]

i think she wants to say something but cant on this level--and woman doesnt understand that

[mzl9292]

LoL she said "its a cracker with nut on it" lol

[sirbestnameever]

wait u can swap blood with chimps?

[MrJarth]

see them problem is..  will koko if she have children, will see teach them to use sugn language

[LiFetommi]

i love gorillas. For my final major art piece i did two china graph drawings of an alpha male but didn't get a great score because they didn't agree with me comparing apes to humans and all my reasonings. They should watch this and see if i'm wrong. Unlike the graders i observed gorillas for half a year so i know what i was talking about. Still so angry ffs arghhh *tear build up

[bob555555]

who nutted on the cracker?

[Crunchieman]

can you imagine in the future gorillas assimilating in with humans and living within society? watching this they'd cringe in embarrassment.

[icemario333]

When she said "Spider spider spider" It'd be funny if she got hit in the face.

[Zapppo]

These gorillas are more intelligent than these humans.

I doubt those humans are smart enough to learn to speak gorilla & eat natural food instead of crackers, candy and donuts.

They seem BORED & even annoyed at doing human activities that they seem to find silly. I get the feeling they just want out of that environment & out into the jungle with others like them.

[squigoo]

@Zapppo You don't LEARN gorilla. Gorilla's don't have language. And the only reason we eat junk food and gorillas don't is that we have junk food and gorillas don't. And while Gorillas are incredibly intelligent, they aren't as intelligent as us. If a gorilla could take a human IQ test, he or she would probably score something like and 80.

[Zapppo]

@squigoo

You have based all of your conclusions on a false premise: that humans are the most intelligent animal on the planet.

Dolphins have sonar.

Ants build colonies, live together & depend on one another & don't murder & aren't selfish or greedy within that colony.

Monarch Butterflies can navigate hundreds of miles from Canada to a tiny village in Mexico without using GPS or maps.

Gorillas communicate to one another. They aren't so stupid as to need a language to communicate like we do.

[TheBreadfan]

@Zapppo You've confused chemical behavior with cognitive behavior there.

[Zapppo]

@TheBreadfan FYI, cognitive behavior is the result of biochemical processes.

What did i specifically confuse? (feel free to cut & paste from my previous comments for your explanation.)

[TheBreadfan]

@Zapppo If your idea of intelligence is simply reaction and preservation, then you could say that ants who build colonies or butterflies that fly hundreds of miles are highly intelligent. Most peoples idea of intelligence is instead applying reasoning, knowledge and understanding to a problem through rational thought. These are not biochemical actions. A dolphin does not learn to use sonar for example, ants are literally programed from birth to colonize. these is a biochemical actions.

[Zapppo]

@TheBreadfan

I understand U R trying to differentiate, but my point is, thought is a biochemical reaction that is profoundly skewed by the chemical levels, balances or imbalances in the brain. That aside, dolphins work in teams to corral schools of fish so the whole family can eat. This is a learned skill that takes practice to become successful at. The assumption that ants are 'programmed' from birth is based on the 'we don't know for sure, but we think' deductive reasoning, which isn't proof.

[TheBreadfan]

@Zapppo I'm not going to argue with you about what is more intelligent and what isn't. I just wanted it to be clear that chemical behavior should not be confused to volume 'how much intelligent'. On ants, we know that they are only reactive to outside stimuli such as pheromones. It's based on educated reasoning and not just saying they're intelligent 'because look at them'.

[Zapppo]

@TheBreadfan We agree, biochemical response isn't a measure of intelligence & intelligence is applying reasoning, knowledge & understanding to a problem through rational thought.

I disagree that a dolphin doesn't have to learn how to accurately use their sonar. They are born with ability, but not proficiency including ants & butterflies to a certain degree who do not operate solely on chemical behavior. They have eyes for a reason.

[rujtj]

This place looks like a Dharma Initiative.

[mamushi72sai5575]

why do I think it is sweet how other animals feel love also. Intelligence is awesome

[EllysaE]

Mike so small.

[Navlek79]

i can't help noticing the chains they tell the gorilla it's a "necklace" my dogs and cats do not have chains, we communicate, they were not subject of study. in a perfect gorilla world no chains. no gorilla killers hunting them in the bush...

[mcainsmaul]

i wonder how koko would do with "where's waldo?"

[karlkarlkarl1234]

@mcainsmaul

Koko would actually be the world champion at 'where's waldo' as gorillas are supremely better than humans at games like that since in the wild they have to be constantly perceptive.

There is a video on YT showing how when gorillas & chimps are given a screen showing the numbers 1-20 randomly placed and can be seen only for 1 second then they disappear, they can still click where they were with incredibly speed and accuracy. Something no human can do.

[ahmedgamil123]

sdaasdas

[yoelco]

I advice these people to continue their work and make him reproduce with another intelligent chimp, and so on, and see if the intelligence is passed on.

[eatcarpet]

Wow you can even have blood transfusion with chimps that's amazing.

[CrimsonRedHorizon]

aww that's so precious, her turning the pages of the book with her mouth.

[gonjinetik]

Thanks for the upload.

[rosham82]

plz no more iron chain plzzz

[cryptdoll]

I wanna go on a gorilla picnic!