Koko the gorilla's last message to humanity

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This is hard to watch

Link to tweet

[2naSalit]

1. "Nature see you."

[liberal_mama]

2. It's very sad, but after seeing the rise of the Trump Humpers and Plague Lovers, I have

lost my faith in humanity. I think we're in a situation now where people just want to ride the horse until he stops.

I just commented to my Trump loving neighbor that I got a jury duty summons. We discussed it and I commented that I'd make a terrible juror because I'd probably have too much empathy for the person on trial and worry that he could be innocent. He's like, "Oh not me, I'd find them guilty!" The irony that he loves everything Trump does and would be outraged if Trump is ever indicted for his crimes.

RIP, Koko. At least he no longer has to worry about this shit show.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. I'm right with you. Lost faith in humanity at this point. Just did Jury Duty. It's damn depressing

[tblue37]

19. Koko was female.

[liberal_mama]

28. Thank you for the correction. I love it when I learn a new tidbit of information.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Lotta jump cuts in that video.

[TxGuitar]

5. I find it hard to believe a gorilla

could understand any of those concepts. I'm sure she learned to communicate via sign language but those are some pretty deep concepts.

[HillbillyDaoist]

14. I don't

When every day I see MAGA morons with zero understanding of reality and zero compassion for the world or their fellow man. Read some books on animal intelligence and you'll be amazed.

[LeftInTX]

29. Koko had a sign vocabulary of 1,000 words. She had the intelligence of a 4 year old human

Vocabulary grows to be about 900–1,000 words by the time a child is 3 years old.
The typical 4-year-old child will have about a 1,500–1,600-word vocabulary

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/what-does-koko-know-about-climate-change-nothing/

[Ms. Toad]

15. Snopes agrees with you.

A PSA featuring a gorilla signing a warning to humans about climate change is essentially nothing more than a staged commercial.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/what-does-koko-know-about-climate-change-nothing/

[sl8]

17. Thank you. nt

[Bristlecone]

22. Feels pretty close to Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_(Quinn_novel)

I read it prob 10 years ago. My son just had it as a summer read for a class.

[sl8]

26. Note that your (broken) link goes to the Biblical Ishmael, rather than the novel.

DU doesn't handle URLs containing parentheses very well.

It looks like a good read, thank you.


Fixed link:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_(Quinn_novel)

[Bristlecone]

27. Appreciate it. I should have reviewed it prior to post.

Especially from a Wiki AND a cut/paste from my iPhone.

[scipan]

30. Frans de Waal, famous in primate research:

Frans de Waal, director of Emory University’s Living Links primate research center, suggested that the conservation video hurts the credibility of those who study animal intelligence.

“Koko’s human-coached message goes well beyond anything that a gorilla understands or cares about, such as human global impact,” de Waal told HuffPost. He added that “stunts” like this one “have given the ape-language field a bad name, whereas there is so much more to discover if we just study what cognitively advanced animals can do of their own accord.”

[tecelote]

4. I remember when Koko painted and even made t-shirts

[Ohio Joe]

6. K&R - nt

[Blue Owl]

7. Evolution is funny

Nature is like yin/yang… it can be incredibly beautiful and wonderful but also very cruel.

When it comes down to it, non-human animals tend to be more socialistic in nature — sharing food, being fair, encouraging intelligence, and making sure their own are taken care of.

But when it comes to crossing species, and even sometimes within species, it is all about survival of the fittest and bloodshed.

I’d like to think the human race is evolved enough to be socialist, but the MAGAts seem to be lacking in critical thinking skills, and resort to short-sighted territorial behavior. Which is weird, because a true socialist wants ALL humans, even those who fall into the snake-oil trappings MAGAts, to be treated equally.

It’s just interesting to consider when pondering the human condition, and beings like Koko really make a person think….

[llmart]

21. This may be true of MAGAts, but it's also true of a lot of other people too.

I'd say the majority of Americans are pretty self-involved, and that goes for Dems too. I know some people in my neighborhood who I know to be Democrats, but when it comes to following rules in the community and caring about the rest of their neighbors, well, not so much.

[mopinko]

25. the only part of their brains that work are their amygdala.

there not human, they're lizards.

[TheProle]

8. "With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40611328-ishmael

[Bristlecone]

23. You beat me to it!

I just posted my thought of the similarity a moment ago….

[Bayard]

9. Koko was an amazing animal

And smarter than most people.

[Duppers]

11. Indeed! 👍

[MiHale]

10. I feel so sorry for people that don't listen to nature...

They miss so much of life.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. No interest at all. Shiny things and $ are all that matters. Pathetic.

[llmart]

20. Listen to it?

Most of them don't even notice it. They're too busy staring at their phone screens.

[Ms. Toad]

16. Snopes indicates this is nothing more than a staged commercial.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/what-does-koko-know-about-climate-change-nothing/

[betsuni]

24. Ridiculous.