Koko was a Gorilla that was trained sign language at an early age by her primary caregiver Penny. Penny performed an experiment‚ testing to see if primates like gorillas can communicate in sign language with humans. The reason Koko was so special because she is the longest animal study in history. It infatuated the public when Koko was first in the public eye on the cover of National geographic holding kittens. Koko changed how people viewed animals‚ and got people to their emotions. Before this
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The gorilla is the largest great ape. They have two scientific names‚ which is gorilla gorilla and gorilla beringei. They are also divided into four subspecies‚ which are western lowland gorilla‚ cross-river gorilla‚ eastern lowland gorilla‚ and mountain gorilla. The sex of a gorilla is easily determined by their size; usually the males are twice as heavy and big as the females (Regenstein Center for Great apes – Exhibit). They also have a quadruped‚ brachiator and terrestrial locomotion. In the
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Not many people know that Gorillas are endangered creatures. Both of the species of Gorillas are classified as endangered. Poaching is a huge threat to the Gorillas‚ with it continuing to be one of the main reasons why they are in such trouble. The Gorillas are hunted and poached in many different parts of the world (mainly in Congo‚ Africa)‚ often to sell their body parts as souvenirs. Most people many find it crazy to think of such a thing to hunt such a beautiful and ferocious
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Amy Champagne English 2 March 26‚ 2014 Illusion of Memory The Invisible Gorilla In the book‚ The Invisible Gorilla‚ Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons introduce several different illusions and discuss how our intuitions are easily capable of deceiving us. Upon reading this book‚ I find the second chapter‚ Illusion of Memory‚ one of the most interesting ones. In this chapter‚ it reveals that an individual’s memory is very limited and unreliable. The certainty of one’s recollection does not
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Koko the gorilla was born on July fourth in 1971 at the San Francisco zoo. The film is interesting because you are able to see how Koko the gorilla is able to communicate with us humans. I was honestly quite surprised to see how intelligent a gorilla can be. It is fascinating that Koko not only knows sign language‚ but can understand English as well. Koko was taught sign language when she was young at around the age of one and she understands it perfectly. It was shocking to me that Koko
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stuff reading books and sometimes watching T.V. Did you ever remember those memories when we are child‚ you’re my childhood friend‚ crush and a lover. I wish we stayed forever young so till now your with me‚ living in simplicity and we’re inseparable. I didn’t even bother myself to watch movies in cinema‚ and malling ever. I just remember the day that you left me alone‚ forever. I know it’s my fault‚ I keep blaming myself for what just happen to you. People always say‚ "You can find someone else"‚
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Writing a Movie Review 1 Gather basic facts about the movie. You can do this before or after you watch the movie‚ but you should definitely do it before you write the review. Here’s what you should know: Ads by Google Jesus Christ Loves You Here is a Prayer That Can Change Your Life GodLife.com/Jesus2020 Title of the film Director Lead actors Genre Setting Plot overview 2 Take notes on the movie as you watch it. Before you sit down to watch a film‚ get out a notepad or a laptop to
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Gorillas in the Mist Essay I think the message of this movie was that if you stand up for what you really believe in and put all your effort towards it‚ you can achieve whatever you set your mind to‚ like how Dian Fossey was the inspiration to save many species. After the film‚ my main thoughts were‚ “What can I do to help this situation?” This movie also changed my viewpoint on primates. Before I watched this movie I very strongly disliked gorillas and monkeys in general. I look at them
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First observation of tool use in wild Gorillas This article is about an observation of tool use in wild Gorillas (gorilla gorilla). The study took place in northern Congo where they found two adult female gorillas use branch and trunk to cross a swamp created by elephants during food processing. First observation was an adult female gorilla named Leah‚ used branch as walking stick to test out the water deepness to move forward in the swamp to get to her crying baby. At her first encounter with the
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Chemical bond From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A chemical bond is an attraction between atoms that allows the formation of chemical substances that contain two or more atoms. The bond is caused by the electrostatic force of attraction between opposite charges‚ either between electrons and nuclei‚ or as the result of a dipole attraction. The strength of chemical bonds varies considerably; there are "strong bonds" such ascovalent or ionic bonds and "weak bonds" such as dipole–dipole interactions
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