Koko the Talking Gorilla
1 2018-08-29T00:50:04-07:00 Sigi Jöttkandt 4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d 30986 2 Ronald Cohn, National Geographic Creative. Patterson and Koko converse using American Sign Language. Koko used more than 500 signs regularly and knows an additional 500. To tell Patterson that she wanted a cat, she pulled two fingers across her cheeks in the manner of whiskers. As the most infamous product of human – animal research, Koko became critical evidence that animals perceive and communicate emotions and knowledge much like the humans around them. This non-human primate combines interesting aspects of human and non-human features and reminds us that they are a mark of our ancestors through human evolution. Koko manifested a degree of self-consciousness and rationality, and a considerable understanding social awareness based on her surroundings. If Koko had the capacity to obtain this extraordinary functioning, why then do humans interfere with non-human animal’s ability to live this potentially desirable life? plain 2018-08-29T13:43:07-07:00 Sigi Jöttkandt 4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dThis page is referenced by:
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Animal Worlds: Photo essay
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Exploring the world of the 'chimera'
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"chimera"
from the Oxford English Dictionary.an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
A hybrid organism containing animal and non-animal cells becomes an unrecognisable beast living amongst the natural order. This new generation enables bio-medical research to advance investigations, and transform them into existence through the creation of chimeras.Photo essay
