Did you know there's a talking gorilla? |
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2016
- Meet Koko, a western lowland gorilla who has been taught sign language. She's making us question what we think we know about animal intelligence. Join in the conversation on social media with #TalkingGorilla.
The full documentary airs on BBC One Wednesday 15th June and will be available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days afterwards. For those in the US, it's broadcast on PBS on the 3rd August.
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Imagine if the narrator said “and that’s my story of how I became the first talking gorilla”
It was the narrator LMAO
@@mohitmehta1009 i know that’s why I said imagine.
I WOULD LOSE MY SHT 😭😂😂🤚🏽
LMAOOO
Lmaooooooo that would be cool as hell though
The gorilla when he sees his old friends: yeah I got a PhD in human language
it’s a girl
@@wynnchester8358 That's crazy man nobody asked
Imagine a gorilla getting a job
Hahaha
@@wynnchester8358 that sounds super deep
This proves we just need a good teacher in our life.
It proves we need good parents in our lives
Both…..
@@russellwaters9273 IT PROVES IF THE HUMAN PUT-IN-THE-BOX ANIMAL FOR SCIENCE THE ANIMAL WILL PAY THE PREIS FOR INHUMANE .
amen
well koko couldn't actually speak its the same thing when your dog associates the words "sit" or "stay" for a reward koko thought the same but with sign language
My wife worked with KoKo / The Gorilla Foundation for a little over four years. There were three gorillas there, the other two being "Ndume" and "Michael". She has told me stories of how smart they were and having pretend ''tea' with Koko.
That is awesome dude
I think she has two husband 😂you are the homesit guy.. And the other was from a work guy.
@@samuelkhamliansang lmfao that was so out of left field
Wait SHES YOURE HUSBAND??
Why does it feel like i just watched a movie trailer?
Defo they should make a movie about coco
@@alanmurphy5382 it would be named coco
Yes. This video is well made👏
It is a trailer
It IS a trailer. Please take a look at the description!
Plot Twist: The narrator is Koko
Yung Mike 😂😂😂😂
Lol
🤣
Lool
*you win* 🤣
Any one of us who has ever had a pet KNOWS that Animals can communicate with us!
some f*t**d called as scientist will demand proof
Every animal can communicate, but Koko was different because she learned human language, that certain motions represent certain words. A cat can communicate, but she doesn't have different sounds or motions for "building," "ball" or "grass." Gorillas and chimps are unique.
@@GertyutzDogs and Cats (some breeds better than others) can understand specific words and motions and what their meaning is, they just don’t have the physical capability to communicate it to us the same way. Though there is one workaround this using buttons that have individual words that are played when pressed. It’s a lot to do with how much effort and money (those button system usually aren’t cheap and the more your pet learns the more buttons you’ll need and the more expensive it is) you are willing to put into your pet.
I don’t want to take away from how amazing Koko was, but she most likely wasn’t close to fluent in “human language” and she was probably closer to how our smartest dogs and cats can be with buttons just with the extra of being able to fully communicate it without having any form of assistance.
👏❤️
Don't take the v@ccine trust in the LORD ALMIGHTY and if you already taken it please pray to GOD about it because it is a deception.!
Dear Sweet Koko, gone but not forgotten xxx
Hello Anne, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
@@user-tv1xj5ji6x?
@@user-tv1xj5ji6x 💀
The gorilla accidentally throws up a gang sign
I thought i Was the only one wHo saw that
timestamp?
""accidentally""
@@RyBrown I don't know but watch his hands at the beginning of his adult life
Crip or blood?
Scientists are just jealous they didn’t try it first
DonnaTheHag * no, the point is that there is no evidence that Koko ubderstands the words she is using and can form elaborate semtences with themy
@@MisterK9739 she cant elaborate words by saying then back, but she certainly understands how the sign corrolates to a certain action she is understanding that hey this sign means this an that sign means that .. no she can't speak but she can understand alot more then your giving credit where it's due
Dylan Levy Yes but a dog can do the same. It can understand its name and realize a certain command like "sit", "stay" etc.
Language is way more complex than this.
So no, Koko can not speak. She can communicate, but she can not speak with her hands.
@@MisterK9739 yea but the dog ain't gonna signal back to you as a response telling you to sit, where as this gorilla signalled her mom to tickle her, or can tell her she wants food or wants to wear the hat etc she is communicating back as well as understanding what's being said
Dylan Levy You obviously don't own a dog.. some breeds like Huskies are VERY social and vocal.
Robin Williams and Koko is just life affirming.
@user-zl9lv7kr5b oh, come the fuck on, grow up. That gorilla was being studied, not abused. She was happy.
Koko was simply perfect. I absolutely adored her.
Hello Monica, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
@@user-tv1xj5ji6xi erased the virus from earth btw
@@user-tv1xj5ji6xI'd bet everything I own that that has never & will never work for you.
Unfortunately, Koko died about a year ago, without having had any children. It would have been nice to see if she could have taught sign language to a daughter or son.
Tflexxx02 RIP
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This is sad.
I thought she had children and teached them sign language. Might have been another study with gorillas though. So it definitely is possible
😭😭😭😭
I was just expecting to talk by his mouth
Ur not alone😂
From Somalia 🤣🤣
Her*
joseph duque no it’s because the video title is click bait
@KIDD DOLO Who researches the title of a RUclips video? Also, I did do some research and I found this definition of talk: “communicate by spoken words.”
Doesn’t hurt to research, people.
the pain, shame, and guilt I feel the more I learn how human these great apes are but we have treated them so terribly.
Koko did not have a bad bone in her body. She LOVED people. 🇬🇧❤️
people calling koko bs and shouting out BEWARE when it comes to AI
Koko is less bs than AI ever was.
@@gargoyled_drake The who, what and when. Oh I get it, sorry if English is not your first language. My mistake.
@@Kissameassa538 English is not my first language no. But i did get A++
Not sure why you react with micro aggression to my comment? But i'm sure what ever is making you grumpy these days will go over eventually. You just have to put in some effort to change the things in your life that makes you act out like that.
May i suggest you remove any conservative or trump related media. That will for sure remove 90% of bad influence on your manners towards others.
@@gargoyled_drake where is there any aggression, what is the sentence that has you upset? Was it me apologising if English was not your first language? Or was the upsetting aggression of me saying “my mistake “ ? What do you want? I can show aggression if you would like but unless I am pushed I generally won’t be. You can tell it is not your first language, you are aggressive and rude in your message not me. Balls in your court troglodyte . 🤬🤯
Everybody gangsta until the gorilla starts a revolution & attacks the golden gate bridge
thats one of my favorite movies lol
theyll bring their cat army with them
Caesar!!
I think that has happened already..?
Huh that's a good idea,maybe someone should make a movie about this.
“Maybe these animals are thinking”
-well no shit.
You know the all saying animals don't have emotions and don't think just act on instinct.
Space Whale forreal🤦🏻♀️
@@chanelhanson9944 Yes, they are.
@Shàñkš Humans are scientifically classified as mammals (mammalia), that class belongs to the kingdom of animals (animalia), we are by definition animals, evolution made us slowly use our brains to think and do specific tasks, we are what we are now but it doesn't mean we aren't animals.
It has been proven times and times again that animals have emotions when a family member dies or when something bad happens, dogs for exemple do show some guilt when they do something bad, monkeys and gorillas have also proven to use low level tools suchs as sticks and other to ease the openning of foods and others.
I'm not here to yell at you, I'm here to inform you, you may have not knew about that but now, you can't say you don't know anymore.
@Shàñkš definitely animals can think and it's not just instinct. We also evolved from apes and monkeys, we share 92% of a gorillas genome, Which has strong evidence that we are related to them. Heres a way to look at it. All proteins and growth in animals are controlled by DNA, in humans it's the same. Furthermore you dont know if the earliest of humans were as smart as us. So you cannot come to the conclusion that we are unique. It is over time that we evolved to developed intelligence. And so far the theory of evolution is the most reasonable and logical theory to explain life. You may think we know right and wrong but so do animals, it's just that their wrongs and our wrongs are different. And by the way I not an atheist, I'm a Christian.
Imagine being deaf and walking on the street and then a gorilla starts talking to you with sign language
😂
If i was deaf i would think i still didn't wake up from dreaming.
A 300 word vocabulary. That’s more than some people.
Indeed. Even more than certain American presidents
Pranav Flame you mean most americans
Some people you mean most of america.
I only know middle finger and peace and love sign
Yes. Ok. Correct.
The gorilla is saying to itself .. I learned 300 “human” words and she hasn’t learned a single gorilla word.
She doesnt even know basic Human Sign Language, shes just teaching random signs and translates it the way she wants to
Facts
😂🤣😂
Now that's the reason why animals should know hiw to read😌😌
Gorrillas don't have organised and fixated word system I think,
But animal psychologist do sometimes understand them I think
I had the privilege of meeting Washoe, the signing Chimpanzee in Ellensburg, Washington. Apes are wonderful creatures. Thanks for the video :-)
Koko was so adorable as a kid 😂
just don't shoot him
her
+syoma fukasaku him*
oVizions Koko is a girl, I am a follower of her RUclips channel for years
oVizions first thing that will come out of google if your search KOKO the Gorilla:
Hanabiko "Koko" is a female western lowland gorilla who is known for having learned a large number of hand signs from a modified version of American Sign Language.
+syoma fukasaku proof?
Koko is smarter than the whole TikTok community
Yes
So is a worm
LmAo
that's for sure haha
By saying that, you surely show where you stand too.
You don't need a decades long study to KNOW that we ARE communicating, being able to SEE it or not... ❤
This video never gets old ❤❤❤ RIP Koko
Just found out Koko passed away just 2 days ago. Really heart-breaking but he/she lived a long and good life
Jet Black Storm oh thats heart breaking!!!! Poor girl. She was absolutely amazing.
Ohhhh noooooo!!!😣😣😭😭
Jet Black Storm nays
Jet Black Storm RIP
Awww..nooo! 😭😱
I cant even make my dog sit down..😞
Mac Renẽe I just don't understand how ape vocal chords aren't like ours
no where not black people scientist say can't find their long lost relative white people are from the primal humans
Bob Marley do you english even bro?
Bob Marley What the hell are you talking about
aleх poop
As the mother of a hearing:-impaired son who learned ASL to communicate with him, watching Koko sign was an amazing and epiphanal moment for me. I read her signing as clearly as the signing of my deaf friends and my son. I was floored by the reality that she knows what she signs. Hearing people tend to dismiss her largely because they don't know/speak/understand ASL. She's not human but is surely intelligent and obviously capable of communication.
Koko knew what she was saying. She was so sweet and smart. Rip Koko❤❤❤
Did anyone else thought It meant an actual talking Gorilla or just me?
Haha yeah😂
I was hoping for Caesar from Rise of the Planet of the Apes, that kind of talking! I think that is a few years or centuries away.
@@lacedemonians Dude this is so weird... was thinking this morning of the fight from Revenge of the Sith between Anakin and Obi Wan, actually of the emperor finding Anakin afterwards and being very pleased. I had something similar a few years ago, I had a dream of some cheesy show I watched as a kid (Space Giants), and saw a license plate the next morning that said "Rodak", which was the name of the villain from that show. Anyway you picked a weird guy to respond to, LOL!
Lol me too
Heh hahaha aahh that's great
17,000 people were waiting for a gorilla to say “Hey whatsup guys, it’s me Koko”..
Exactly
WHAT is up guys, it's ya GORILLA Koko back with another video, don't forget to smash that like button and subscribe
I thought most people knew gorillas can do sign language so i expected a couple words.
@@Pjj878 and don't forget to press bell icon,so that you all can stay tuned for further updates.
& people think monkeys/gorillas are dumb 😂
I was always fascinated about KoKo, I heard sometime back that she past. Very sad day. In my minds eye KoKo had so much more to teach humanity.
Yeah she died June 19th 2018
2 am:Well im gonna sleep.
RUclips: Hey did you know there's a talking gorilla?
lol good one
Literally exactly what happened with me😭😭
exactly same here in India
Exactly
@ANONYMOUS lol
There's something oddly depressing about this video.
9/11
J Mouch it's the visuals it seems dark
i know, seeing Robin Williams Smiling and tickling Koko...
maybes your picking up the molestation vibes i dont remember exactly what but there was something about molestation going on around koko
J Mouch prob a liberal
Koko has shown us all that animals can have their own personalities and characters that define them, I hope we have many more animals like Koko.😊
Rest in Peace, Koko. I donated to the greater project and cried when she passed away...😪
“Koko cry, sad, unattention, visit me” 🥺🥺🥺Shes saying she misses her and doesnt like being alone im crying. Such a sweet soul.
Koko, couldn’t actually talk though. It’s been debunked. However, it’s still sad she never got to mate
Toney's Reviews really! Aww I thought she could :( oh well she is still affectionate though!
@@sillybilly1312 No, not at all. She could sign items that she wanted or sign stuff like hello/goodbye, but as far as talking (like a conversation) she could not.
@Emily C I am not spreading any type of misinformation, lol. You can literally see articles among articles debunking this.
This "communicating" level she showed was no higher than a crow saying hello. She had basic/trained commands. Hello, Goodbye, and etc. She could not and never showed an ability to carry on a conversation.
Emily stop trying to make something that doesn't exist.
@Emily C This is a quite simple task, all it requires is typing into Google.
Koko made the wrong signs on multiple occasions and not only that would randomly sign "nipple" all of the time. In many cases where Koko was doing the wrong thing her care takers would run up to her to correct it asap.
The fact is, she could not speak. "Why is she showing her trainer what she wants using gestures", lol. Why does a dog push an empty bowl to its owners feet when it's hungry? These are simple association tactics that all animals use. Did she show the ability to recall and remember things, yes. However, this is not speaking.
Let me ask you this, since you think she was so smart, then why is it that they never taught her how to spell? Her hand works the same as yours and mine. Why is it that when random people would ask her questions she was unable to answer. Again, this has been debunked by many scientist.
Now, keep lowering yourself and not realizing how special you are.
That clip in beginning of koko with her mama wirh photos going back was simply beautiful and somehow so warm and almost made me cry. This is true love and God Bless them both.
Koko's grand-daughter Pancake is actually a student at Princeton. She's a biology student and hopes one day to train humans in climbing stuff.
Lol you a troll bruh
Lol... jackass!!! That was a good one!!
LMAO
Wtf😂😂😂
I was about to search pancake lmao
Any species in the animal kingdom with self awareness should never be underestimated. RIP Koko.
all animals are conscious even bacteria is conscious in some way.
Don't take the v@ccine trust in the LORD ALMIGHTY and if you already taken it please pray to GOD about it because it is a deception.!
JESUS is coming soon and JESUS is the only way to salvation accept JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOR today.!.
Please don't accept the digit@l currency or the Artifici@l intelligence (ai) system that is coming, it is against GOD. who have ears let him hear.
@@jevthompson9044 Amen!
Plenty in Chicago.....
And Birmingham
Only if Harambe was here to see this
Nahin Lynx I am
he will always be watching over us
Nahin Lynx 100th like
Shh no tears, only dreams now.
lol!
The woman who taught koko is not only intelligent but she's pretty inside and out. She is so precious
SIMP
Jk
@AlteredReality Pansy
@AlteredReality Not Kidding
@AlteredReality This isn't some talent show you degenerate
that gorilla has knowledge strength and integrity
rip koko and her kittens
Please don't shoot this one
pls shoot nobody
+The Toontastic Toon
please shoot humans.
too soon
+Jeoya Agustin
human lifes are pathetic
+Alyi Kuun ikr
Fun Fact: Koko has a higher IQ than the entire Tiktok community.
Lmbo!!!!
show me Koko using a phone than, Koko is extremely smarter
@@RealLeBronJamesFitnessOfficial Your grammar is not helping your case.
@@djjones2563 Why do you care about grammar? I still clearly used understandable words. (And yes, I am using better grammar in these words, because trash talking is annoying.) Also, I just wrote that for fun. I'm not writing a freaking essay, so calm down!
@@RealLeBronJamesFitnessOfficial tiktok user’s iq < koko’s iq
Esau is certainly a man of the field.
"Except.. your daughter has the strength of 10 men"
yea that was a weird thing to keep in the script :D
😂
😂😂😂
@@Geckuno it's facts
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"Did you know there was a gorilla that could communicate with humans." There I fixed it. I'm trying lol.
True
I'm curious about what someone from the deaf community thinks of the title. Is sign language a means of talking?
Thanks look’s better now
All gorrillas can communicate, just not in this way, so technically you did not fix it.
"Did you know there was a gorilla that could communicate with a sign language" Much better
What a wonderful and beautiful project to be adored and documented for all to see.I love KOKO!
Animals have a conscious, they are spiritual beings like us.
Koko: Sign Language.
Parrot: I will end your career boy.
Lol shouldn't it be the other way. Which one is special.. Parrots that we all know or a signing KoKo
a parrot is like a recorder. A gorilla can formulate abstract ideas beyond the limited signs they were taught and use the laguage to comunicate them. If they dont speak is only because they dont have the physical anatomic tools for it..
@@valeriataylor8337 no. a parrot is nothing like a recorder. a parrot can construct sentences. heres an example African Grey Parrot called Alex.
*K*o*K*o kid
@@valeriataylor8337 No, Gorilla is just making random signs and you as human interpreted it like gorilla is doing marvelous, but in reality gorillas don't have any idea what they are emitatating for, because if they knew it they will teach it also to their fellow gorrillas, they imitate the signs only for foods not for learning to improve their own selves.
Title: Did you know there is a talking gorilla?
Video: *Doesn’t say a word*
Clickbait. Talking and signing are not the same thing. This a gorilla that can communicate by signing, not talking
@squish 7 Rif im glad you realized halfway through your comment but still commented lol
@@naraindassmittal5747 it still is comunicating, so talking is not wrong, just people who can't cope with a word being slightly of, that's what's wrong
@squish 7 Rif With sign language you communicate.. not talk.. the person on other side might talk to you if he cane... but still that does not mean the one doing the sign language is talking
Yeah yeah, communicating gorilla then!
Its amazing to think how these animals could possibly be more intelligent than most tiktokers out there is truly incredible
Why your thumbnails gives me chills
I wad literally expecting the Gorilla to say "Hey whats up felllas" 🤦🏻♂️
@Trynos 😂
😂🤣😂
Bruhh
how do you do fellow kids?
@Trynos Bruh
I remember when Koko was told that one of her handlers had lost a baby, she showed more compassion than a lot of people would have.
She had a cat named ball too that got hit by a car and died I think
Baloney! I'm so sick and tired of you 'animals are better than people' dolts!
@@jamesprior2496 You've just proven their point... Why would animal compassion scare you? Are you so demasculinized that being on par with animals will send you over the edge or what?
@@beastmode7955 I agree with all but I doubt she was forced to learn. Gorillas are social just as we are and they want to communicate.
@@beastmode7955 ahh gotcha ya, they deleted their post pretty fast.
Something about the name cocoa. I have a dog named cocoa and she is super smart for a dog. She don’t do sign language but I talk to her like a person and she understands me and answers! It’s wild how intelligent she is.
Consciousness cannot be limited. Maybe human scientists are an exception to this.
0:55 that hug was so genuine and full.
ruclips.net/video/e7wFotDKEF4/видео.html
Yess
Wtf makes a hug genuine and full?
@@bear2507 do you need a hug?
@@bear2507 you may never know
"How human can a gorilla be?"
The real question in the 21st century is:
"How gorilla can a human be?"
The return to Monke?
See sum peepel attakk kapitel wavin maga caps.
Monke
@@kurtsnyder4752 Now THAT'S a return to monke if Ive ever seen one
@@kurtsnyder4752 bruh learn to spell like a human before you talk shit
Good relationship between a Human and a Gorilla
As an Indian, I've even had a chapter based on Koko's life (including 1-2 more animals who could communicate) in my English literature in I think 4th or 5th grade.
The gorilla knows More sign language than me Lmao
The only sign language ik is 🖕 lol
ME TOO, I NEVER LEARNT IT.
@@jazzram_ 💀
@@jazzram_ you forgot 👌👈
And probably better grammar.
An adorable animal that actually shows love of others. I know she loved her kitten that she ask for as a friend. No one can say she's not intelligent, that's obvious.
we have animals (invasive) of lesser form in sweden that entered via a parasite infected government.
Those are called minority. A form of lesser animals that are attacking the native higher pure animals with knives killing and kicking swanes, kittens and hedgehogs.
@Brian Dawson My pup knows well over 100 words and phrases and she can read my movements. She know when I order food over the computer and goes to the door and waits for the delivery. She can tell when I wake up I guess from my breathing and barks at me when she wants me to come to bed. Tell me she has no intellegence and I will laugh in your face. affection comes from any animal. You either have a stupid dog or you don't work with it enough
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Unfortunately Koko never could talk to people that weren't her handler, she's always given directions and any researchers that weren't her handler couldn't get anything coherent from her.
I heard she ended some of thier lives tragically but who knows. I grew up loving koko or the image portrayed.
What a beautiful creature
I was waiting for the gorilla to talk the whole video
The story of Koko is the most beautiful story of all time. She was amazing. RIP
They should teach a flock of them. And see if they teach their children
Arcadiez WOKE
@Ugly Troll sheesh
A flock?
Ugly Troll Based on your comment I know you’ve never been to Detroit.
@@vectorsigma6757 nice idea a shame it's already done by someone go to star movies that's the only shit they stream on weekends nowadays back to back first the rise then the war.
Koko should meet with that orangutan who can sign language. They can communicate!!
*****
How do you know someone read my comment and agreed with it?
If you're talking about that ad with the deaf girl, it's fake and intended to promote the cause. Not a real oraguntan
but then they will plan to rebel!
Here is why this would not work koko made some of her language that here caretaker had to figure out what it was.
Taking this into consideration it would only work if the two use the same sign language.
They can definitely communicate with people without reward...which you falsely claim as being impossible, then they could communicate with one another if we could figure out a way to go beyond that boundary. The main issue is probably due to the fact that along with signing, she also speaks words to koko. They probably need both to associate it with words.
Koko is a legend.
Animals do show some impressive emotions.
Even fish
I haven't read 1 comment yet but I know that it is going to say Harambe.
The first one I read said harambe ok then
He never said that harambe is the same as koko he just said that they do share a similarity; being gorillas.
Your original comment read "harambe has literally nothing to do with koko" and then he replied with "Except for the fact that they're both gorillas". He was merely stating that you saying that harambe has nothing to do with koko (or is in no way similar) is wrong because they do share one similarity.
TotallyJerd that's winsten
harambe was a RAPIST im glad hes gone
Lol 420 likes
She was more intelligent and compassionate than most humans I've dealt with when I worked retail.
Lie
I worked at a bank for many yrs and it's mind boggling how rude people are these days. Everyone no matter the race has a sense of entitlement and privilege. It's disgusting!
Having worked in retail in the early '90s I can relate. I'd imagine it's far worse now
hahah so true.
She didnt have the ability to say orgional thought sadly, it was just money see monkey do.
What a Beautiful soul Koko is ❤️☮️❤️☮️
we all know how it ends...
SickPrid3 or Harambae
What?
Daniel Hicks harambe
a little more info plz
Rip Harambe
It's so heartwarming to see Koko and Penny hugging.
And Robin Williams hugging Koko as well.
no its not
@@cwdoble3 what do you mean?
Don't take the v@ccine trust in the LORD ALMIGHTY and if you already taken it please pray to GOD about it because it is a deception.!
JESUS is coming soon and JESUS is the only way to salvation accept JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOR today.!
You're not a T-bone. You're a perfect George.
R.I.P. Coco.. btw, if you're interested in intelligent apes, check out some footage of Bonobo monkeys, one of whom was taught to use a special electronic board with symbols to communicate.. but what's even more remarkable is how he was behaving almost like a human.. he could even get dry branches, pack them neatly, get the fire going and warm-up a marshmallow.. this particular Bonobo knew how to use certain tools, and once his daughter was born he started teaching her everything he knew (with a close eye from caretakers ofcourse, and with some encouragement..).. I wonder if intense training and teaching of male and female Bonobo's (or other ape groups) over ten or more generations would yield some results.. obviously selective breeding would have to be employed.. also perhaps introducing specific nutrients and vitamins that stimulate and develop the brain would also increase the chances of success.. I think over ten generations primary change would be behavioral, where apes would most definitively acquire heightened intelligence.. they probably could communicate with us via sign language or "symbols to words" kind of mechanism.. I wouldn't be overly surprised if at some point they would even start mimicking our words.. initially probably just "parroting", but over time, if they could associate certain sounds and words to actual things, they might try to emulate those sounds.. and even though evolution didn't "award" apes for complex verbal communication, I honestly believe that with the right training, with the right nutrition, with selective breeding and lots & lots of work and love, apes would at some point start expressing themselves through words, or at the very least their interpretation of those words.. obviously this would work only in this particular group, and it would be interesting to see how they would communicate with their own kind after all that time (obviously with all necessary precautions taken)..
This is very interesting but I wonder if they started using words like us, how would they handle the language?
@@averyj3428 I would assume that initially they would evolve similarly to us and our pre-Neanderthal ancestors.. I'm sure they already use certain sounds for communication, it's just that those sounds are very basic and most likely instinctual.. apes seem to have distinct sounds for when they're in pain or when they're angry, and most definitively when they're happy.. Hence I think if we would run a program where we select few different groups of apes that seem to display the most "intelligence".. run various cognitive tests and pick most promising adultescent chimps or bonobos.. also check which ones are most enthusiastic about learning.. once you've selected around 40 individuals (10 male and 30 female apes for genetic diversity) start a VERY robust training, although make it somewhat playful so that those apes would actually want to and like to learn.. introduce supplemental nutrition which would drastically improve brain development.. after 5 or so years of intense training start fertilizing females, and once the babies are born put them on the same nutrient supplements and even more active training.. also encourage parents to "teach" their offspring, so that when the "new batch" births their own offspring, they would start training them of their own accord.. obviously every generation most intelligent apes should be paired-up.. I think after 10 or so generations the results would be astonishing.. perhaps these new apes would start using not just sign language, but if trained correctly they might start using distinct sounds, or even combination of sounds to express themselves..
Although all that said perhaps it's just a wishful thinking on my part, as it took humans hundreds of thousands of years to develope even the most basic "society".. I do wonder though what kind of event separated our earliest ancestors from other apes.. I'm sure that even after branching-out it took out ancestors a VERY long time to utter a cohesive word, let alone a sentence.. But then again there are these examples of apes like Coco, or those Bonobos that is quite surprising.. hence I'm curious if through nurture we could "speed-up", so to speak, evolution, or is it all down to nature taking its sweet time..
I read an interesting article once, posing the theory that the evolution of human intelligence was given various steps up by the consumption of psychedelic plants that induced heightened states of consciousness. It could explain why this ancestral memory survived in symbolic form through stories like Adam and Eve learning how to tell good from evil after consuming a mind-altering plant. Intriguing thought.
1000 years later gorilla's will wear suit and tie and do interviews with a deep southern voice
That would be cool
Very convinced that's possible
@@prod.bexerk8997 for once im gonna be giving an ape aids
@Ron Catton including you dumpster trash
@Ron Catton why so aggressive lol? Bad day?
RIP KOKO & HARAMBE
AND STAN LEE
good job, putting them all in the same comment. hate jews?
@@vectorsigma6757 I am half German, half Jewish. So I hate myself.
@@oldschoolcartoons3456 how did your parents meet........
@@idkwhoiam351 ....there were Jews in Germany
And many more
There is tons of Apes that speak sign language if he actually talked that would be impressive
I remember reading about koko in school when I was a kid
Hello Chevy, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
That was sad, at the end, when Koko said that she needs more attention
Jack Shattle I wasn't arguing ... And it does matter. Koko has feelings too.... And it is amazing that they can communicate
Luca Bella Ruesch - Jack wasn't accusing you of arguing, he was talking about how the people mentioned in the video are skeptical and want to disprove everything even when the evidence is right there that Koko is able to communicate
He never said Luca was arguing. Read it again.
Yes ur ri8 beautifull Renata910
ITS AWSOME SHES CHARLIE PUTH. HES EXPOSED
For me, the point wasn't whether Koko could "speak," but was able to connect emotionally with our species beyond communication itself. The mutual compassion, love, and bond we share as genetic kin, which humans previously thought was unique among ourselves.
That's the whole point of the controversy. Was the "compassion" real or an illusion, just something we fooled ourselves into seeing? What the ape simply aping compassion?
@@guitarslim56 good point
They are no genetic kin to any human. The closest genetic kin to us is pigs, then rats
then use the word communicate, there's no talking. Parrots can talk.
@@fliprhd3758 Mushrooms, then worms.
Fixed it for you.
R.I.P. Sweet Koko! You were so amazing! I wish I could’ve met you. ❤️
at the end “and that’s my story of how I became the first talking gorilla”
(toilet flushes) "WHAT A LOONY" (All star starts playing)
I'm coming back...
You are always welcome.
I miss you
Harambe we need you now more than ever
Harambe COME BACK PLEASE
#LifeBackToHarambe
*Fun fact* : Koko was given a gray kitten for her birthday in July 1984 named 'All Ball', she treated the kitten like one of her own baby, nurturing it, carrying around and even trying to nurse it at one point. Unfortunately, All Ball died after hitting by a car, research said she later signed "Sleep. Cat"
She named it “All Ball” because the kitten’ tail was very short. Kook noticed that she was missing her tail, and gave her a name that distinguished the kitten from other cats. She was shaped like a ball, not a cat, so “All Ball.”
:((
aww that's sad :c
That's a horrible story. Why didn't they take better care of the cat?
Maybe it was a coverup when Koko accidently sat on the cat, and signed "Koko, AllBall, boo-boo". lol
That hug in 1:54
Me who just finished an English class dedicated to Koko. Rip Koko
What is there not to believe? You can literally see her learning...
Yeah but it's not human level until they can ask a question, which no other animal has. Asking a question is a realisation of other people's own knowledge and experience and that they know things you don't
emani donaldson there is precedence for skepticism. People can train elephants to paint paintings, and the trainers treat it like the elephant is creating a unique picture, even though it was specifically trained to make the same painting over and over, meaning it doesn’t actually understand the abstract art it is creating. Koko is definitely more convincing though. I haven’t looked into it enough to see if she really can communicate or if she is only making gestures from classical conditioning and treats. Hard to say, it is a fascinating idea though.
emani donaldson There is no evidence she understands the meaning of te words she is forming, and she can'r form elaborate sentences.
That's why many are critical about her
@@MichaelMcCallister097 she can on her birthday she asked for a cat! 😊
@@MisterK9739 she asked for a cat and then got sad when it died seems evidence enough for me
Every animal doesn't have to be more human like for being intelligent, they have their own spectrum.
Ok but who said that lmao
Well you’re definitely not intelligent.
@@MrShanester117 Says the guy who think his intelligent
No need to get offended people, I'm just saying that, other animals might not be self conscious but they do have intelligence, like pigeons ability to navigate through magnetic field of earth or elephant's recognising humans or one from their families... Or even earthworms for that matter, just because they do exactly what we can do, doesn't make them less in intelligence, sure we humans can do more than them & are much more evolved but that doesn't give us any right to make them any less of a life or categorise them intelligent only when they copy one of our behaviours(which honestly is just training of mimicry and as far as I know that's definitely not intelligence)
People are misinterpreting your comment so much 🤣
"I was a student at stanford"
dam that is one smart gorilla.
*“MORE EAT”*
Beautifully simple
I'm in love with the Koko
Lol. Same.
if you snitching I go loco
BAKING SODA I GOT BAKING SODA
Im Rick James B****! Koko is a hell of a drug
Maybe it's Coco.
Koko's smarter than some of the people in the government lol
All Democrats for that matter
@@johnwood4043 no, literally just every politician currently alive, all of them are senile old people that want to slowly take away our rights.
@@johnwood4043 "Koko vote Trump. Democrats want KoKo defund" ? 😂
@@johnwood4043 koko is black tho
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