Why Is Koko The Gorilla

Koko the gorilla was born on July fourth in 1971 at the San Francisco zoo. The film is interesting because you are able to see how Koko the gorilla is able to communicate with us humans. I was honestly quite surprised to see how intelligent a gorilla can be. It is fascinating that Koko not only knows sign language, but can understand English as well. Koko was taught sign language when she was young at around the age of one and she understands it perfectly. It was shocking to me that Koko would understand everything that penny told her in English. Although there were a couple of times were Penny didn’t understand Koko and she would get frustrated. Koko knows about 1100 words in American Sign Language. Not only is Koko intelligent, but she is also artistic. Her work of art is tremendously creative, it is amusing that they even had her art in a gallery. Michael was Kokos companion. They both actually learned sign language rapidly, but Koko knew more words than him.
Koko was grieving, she was very upset so they eventually bought her a new cat. I was honestly shocked when Koko would pick who she would want to mate with because I thought it was curious on how picky she was. It is heartbreaking to know that Koko wanted to have a baby, but she grew old and is no longer able to have one anymore. Koko is very loving and caring, she can also be stubborn at times. In the beginning Koko and Michael weren’t getting along, but then they eventually bonded and she loved him like a