Saturday, February 19, 2005
Faye Rae Meets Diane Fossey
More local interest news stories for you East Coasters, although I see AP has picked it up so it might end up in your local "only in California" sections of broadcast and print news. Koko the gorilla is a bit of a local celebrity here in the SF Bay area. Living in Woodside, also the home of Larry Ellison, Koko is famous for her communication abilities. It seems that employees of the Gorilla Foundation claim they were pressured to bare their breasts to Koko, described by the workers as "acts of bestiality". This kind of thing could spread like wildfire through the animal park industry. Visions of Kings Dominion adults-only tours come to mind.
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After my class on primate intelligence I cannot resist commenting on this one! The main problem with this whole story is that when Koko "speaks" its generally a bunch of gibberish highly subject to the interpretation of her handlers. There is no way Koko actually asked these women to bare their breasts... besides, how on earth was Koko going to make them do this? Most large ape researchers do not enter the apes cages. A bunch of bunk if you ask me.
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