Documentary looks for meaning in Koko the gorilla’s life
Film focuses on ape’s relationship with researcher
LET’S TALK Koko the gorilla signs “good” as Penny Patterson hands her a kitten. Koko and Patterson’s nearly 45-year relationship is the subject of a new TV documentary.
© 2015 Gorilla Foundation (koko.org), photo by Ron Cohn
For the last four decades, Koko, the world’s most famous gorilla, has lived in a trailer in Silicon Valley, the subject of the longest-running project on ape sign language.