Website review: The Gorilla Foundation / Koko.org
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bryarly rated 13 months ago- Koko is amazing - I hope she gets to have a baby with Ndume and truly does teach it sign language.
- Trixie-in-Dixie rated 14 months ago
- Ever since I did a project on Koko and others like her when I was a kid in the 70s - I have been fascinated with the efforts of these folks.
- badthing rated 15 months ago
- I've been fascinated by Koko ever since I first saw her on tv. I would absolutely love to go see her in person someday and talk with her for a while. :)
- missbehave rated 25 months ago
- The Gorilla Foundation is trying to start a Gorilla Preserve on Maui, Hawaii that will allow them to fully study gorillas while saving them as well. You can learn more about what the Maui Ape Preserve is all about by visiting the Maui Preserve section. There are also donation links all over the place, mainly because it is a non-profit organization. The way they get money is through donations and government grants. You don't have to donate money. That's a personal choice. What you can do though is educate others about gorillas. You can get free teaching materials from them to help educate your children, or the children in your classes. Or you can on the red side menu and go to the link that starts out "Teach your children" and you'll come to the same page. To learn more about Koko and how she became an ambassador for her critically endangered creatures, go to the introduction link on the side menu. You have probably seen Koko on TV or heard about her. She knows American Sign Language and is known for her love of kittens. From the introduction section, scroll to the bottom and you will find a link that reads "The Significance of Project Koko." Click the link and you will find a list of 10 ways that Project Koko is significant. Click The About Gorillas link on the side menu and learn all about gorillas, from basic gorilla life to gorilla facts. There are also some awesome primate sites that you can check out. The FAQ section answers questions that you may have about Koko, the preserve and much more.
- dreambird rated 26 months ago
- Robin Dexter: World traveler, volunteer chef, Gorilla Foundation, graphic artist - turnitoff.net
- nangaay rated 26 months ago
- The primary program of The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org involves teaching American Sign Language to two lowland gorillas, Koko and Michael (who recently passed away). The Gorilla Language Project, or Project Koko, is the longest continuous inter-species communications project of its kind in the world, and it serves as a unique and irreplaceable resource for the international conservation community.
- Mojo513 rated 26 months ago
- This is a great site about Koko the gorilla. She can communicate with sign language. Koko has demonstrated well over 1,000 such gestures. She also understands over 2,000 words of spoken English, so people can speak to her and she will respond in sign. She also communicates with her normal gorilla vocalizations, of purrs and cries. In more than 28 years together with her trainer, Koko has expressed the whole range of emotions associated with humans, like, happiness, sadness, love, grief, embarrassment.
- AmataPingveno rated 29 months ago
- By studying our fellow primates such as Koko perhaps we will gain insight into our own evolution.
- xtraII rated 30 months ago
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