seeder Posted January 2, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Hmmm... An ape 'that' smart? Man stupid, protect Earth... New Year message from Koko the talking gorilla, who urges humanity to stop destroying the planet The 44-year-old gorilla has been learning sign language since she was one This year she was filmed delivering a 60-second New Year's message The 38-word bulletin revealed she loved flowers, animals and man But it also revealed the gorilla was unhappy with man killing the earth Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3381459/Man-stupid-protect-Earth-New-Year-message-Koko-talking-gorilla-urges-humanity-stop-destroying-planet.html#ixzz3w38u47nJ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted January 2, 2016 #2 Share Posted January 2, 2016 The message was scripted by NOE Conservation, based in France, whose main focus is preserving biodiversity, and The Gorilla Foundation in Woodside, California, where Koko has lived since 1979, immersed in human company. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted January 2, 2016 #3 Share Posted January 2, 2016 [/size][/font][/color] Hey hey hey. We need less critical reading of the articles and more awesome knee jerk reactions (which directly corresponds to my new years resolution of embracing ignorance, lack of thinking all while censoring my own speech to be unoffensive to everybody, thing, being, object, sexuality, religion...but not fish. Nobody cares about fish. And they should not). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted January 2, 2016 #4 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Hey hey hey. We need less critical reading of the articles and more awesome knee jerk reactions (which directly corresponds to my new years resolution of embracing ignorance, lack of thinking all while censoring my own speech to be unoffensive to everybody, thing, being, object, sexuality, religion...but not fish. Nobody cares about fish. And they should not). I hate fish so much. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted January 2, 2016 #5 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I hate fish so much. Mostly it the Fish Entitlement that we are bombarded with daily. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted January 2, 2016 #6 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Mostly it the Fish Entitlement that we are bombarded with daily. They always seem to want more and more. Can't they just be happy with what they have? I know, some will say im a fishist, but I don't care. I've just had it with all the damn fish in this country!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted January 2, 2016 #7 Share Posted January 2, 2016 They always seem to want more and more. Can't they just be happy with what they have? I know, some will say im a fishist, but I don't care. I've just had it with all the damn fish in this country!!! Did you ever think about how unfairly skewed everything in this nation is towards fish? Have you seen the statistics for the number of fish drown in this country last year compared to white men drowned.? Shocking! And do you think some supermarket is going to make me a bed of ice to sleep on? No! My manager is going to be telling me to lie out the ice for the fish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted January 2, 2016 #8 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Did you ever think about how unfairly skewed everything in this nation is towards fish? Have you seen the statistics for the number of fish drown in this country last year compared to white men drowned.? Shocking! And do you think some supermarket is going to make me a bed of ice to sleep on? No! My manager is going to be telling me to lie out the ice for the fish. Maybe just once, i would like to have a bed of ice of my own. The system is set up o favor fish, though. We all know that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted January 2, 2016 #9 Share Posted January 2, 2016 We should build a dam. And make the fish pay for it!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2F Posted January 2, 2016 #10 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) She is said to be able to understand 1,000 words of US sign language and 2,000 words of spoken English, but there has been controversy about whether her own use of signs is simple, reward-related mimicry or something more meaningful. As much as I am impressed by the level of intelligence that some animals display I'd have to go with the former, rather than the latter in this case. Edited January 2, 2016 by S2F 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted January 2, 2016 #11 Share Posted January 2, 2016 We should build a dam. And make the fish pay for it!!! I get stopped at boarder check points 50 miles from Mexico all while fish have the expectation of unlimited free navigation of rivers, streams or waterways? And for what, so that they can hold wild fish orgies that end in the deaths of everybody participating. Something is wrong with the system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted January 2, 2016 #12 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) I get stopped at boarder check points 50 miles from Mexico all while fish have the expectation of unlimited free navigation of rivers, streams or waterways? And for what, so that they can hold wild fish orgies that end in the deaths of everybody participating. Something is wrong with the system. Thanks, obama. He was probably born up river. Edited January 2, 2016 by Imaginarynumber1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted January 2, 2016 #13 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Thanks, obama. He was probably born up river. Great now I gotta reexamine his Hawaiian birth certificate to see if it mentions his father as being Sol, Scrod or Marlin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted January 2, 2016 #14 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Eh, I think that this stretches credibility a little too far. As smart as apes are, I don't think they could be this direct in regards to the protection of the planet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Red Devil Posted January 2, 2016 #15 Share Posted January 2, 2016 A well trained monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted January 2, 2016 #16 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Eh, I think that this stretches credibility a little too far. As smart as apes are, I don't think they could be this direct in regards to the protection of the planet. Did you miss my post in this thread? The message was scripted by NOE Conservation, based in France, whose main focus is preserving biodiversity, and The Gorilla Foundation in Woodside, California, where Koko has lived since 1979, immersed in human company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 2, 2016 #17 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) So in other words it's a fraud then and he was shown what to do by his Handlers, and then repeated it, thereby giving the impression that the Great Apes are conscious of current affairs and have an environmental consciousness. Edited January 2, 2016 by Norbert the Powerful 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted January 2, 2016 #18 Share Posted January 2, 2016 So in other words it's a fraud then and he was shown what to do by his Handlers, and then repeated it, thereby giving the impression that the Great Apes are conscious of current affairs and have an environmental consciousness. Just like politicians. Koko for Prez! Harte 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros of Skaro Posted January 2, 2016 #19 Share Posted January 2, 2016 They should have shown footage of garbage everywhere. Then have her sign "It's a madhouse!". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashyne Posted January 2, 2016 #20 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) The ape only made the gestures it was instructed to make, without any comprehension as to its message. Which is why each gesture is recorded individually rather than as an uncut, seamless sequence of gestures. Edited January 2, 2016 by Ashyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted January 2, 2016 #21 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Take this, Koko: "Ape stupid. Parrots stupid humans." Harte 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted January 2, 2016 #22 Share Posted January 2, 2016 So in other words it's a fraud then and he was shown what to do by his Handlers, and then repeated it, thereby giving the impression that the Great Apes are conscious of current affairs and have an environmental consciousness. She. And she is a rather smart ape. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Why not Posted January 2, 2016 #23 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Fake. That's a man in a monkey suite. Or Big Foot. Hard to tell, the videos not fuzzy enough. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ell Posted January 2, 2016 #24 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I cannot take that purported message seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted January 2, 2016 #25 Share Posted January 2, 2016 She should have signed "corporations and poachers have slaughtered most of my kind. Please help save my people." That would be eerie.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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