Insanely important story that you have to know about.

[ScruU2wice]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/08/koko.health.ap/index.html

May God help us all..

[AChimp]

The remarkable part is that the creature informed it's handlers that it was experiencing orthodontic distress, indicating that it may be, in some small part, self-aware. :posh

[Preechr]

So this gorilla goes to a dentist and comes out 4 hours later with a sore ass... I wonder if she'll ever ask for anything else?

[FS]

"Koko admires a kitten in this April 2, 1985 photo" Yes, right before FEASTING ON ITS FLESH

[Cosmo Electrolux]

In one article I read, Koko motioned for a woman in red to come closer...and the woman gave Koko a business card, which Koko promptly ate. Why would anyone give an ape a business card?

[da blob]

she wouldn't eat her kitten as she's the one who asked for it if I remember well.


(not to mention gorillas are vegetarians)

[Jeanette X]

Dentist Made Gorilla Swallow Semen

Tasted Funny, signs Gorilla

[punkgrrrlie10]

Story that is SO much more important

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040809/ap_on_re_us/keg_enterprise_1

[Abcdxxxx]

oh yeah? check THIS out....http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5479501/

I hear he's auditioning for the Broadway version of Harry and the Hendersons.

[mburbank]

Koko should be allowed to register to vote. I haven't been to a dentist in years and my mouth hurts like hell all the time.




Maybe that's why I'm so mean.



I wish someone would teach me sign language so I could ask to see a dentist.



And give me a kitten.











fucking gorilla

[Pub Lover]

The Gorilla Foundation has studied gorilla intelligence by teaching American Sign Language to Koko and another gorilla, Michael, who died in 2000.
AChimp is a G-g-g-ghost! :eek

[Spectre X]

The Gorilla Foundation has studied gorilla intelligence by teaching American Sign Language to Koko and another gorilla, Michael, who died in 2000.
AChimp is a G-g-g-ghost! :eek

No, he's a Chimp, dummy. :rolleyes

[Pub Lover]

You expect me to believe that *someone* would give the same name to both a gorilla and a chimp! :blah

[Cosmo Electrolux]

Chimps real name is Michael? :|

[AChimp]

Silence! >: