growler_south (
growler_south) wrote2005-02-21 12:06 pm
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I wish I was a gorilla...

From BoingBoing:Koko's trainer, Francine "Penny" Patterson, has claimed for years that Coco "uses nipple to refer to people."
I wonder if that's because pointing to your nipple looks a lot like pointing at yourself, and while being taught the sign for 'nipple' Koko just thought she was learning another sign for 'me'?
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