Experts Have Dissected Koko The Gorilla’s Eerie Message Made To Humanity In Her Last Years
Koko the gorilla stole many people’s hearts during her lifetime, achieving fame for her apparent signing abilities. Videos of her communicating with her hands took the world by storm, showing the great ape seemingly expressing her thoughts on different subjects. One of her final clips, though, contained a message for the whole of humankind — and it was quite chilling.
Lots of words
As a young gorilla, Koko was meticulously trained in a particular form of sign language. The researchers involved in this project eventually claimed she had a grasp of about 2,000 terms — an impressive vocabulary. Her skills meant the ape was often able to express the things she was feeling.
Much-loved
Koko died aged 46 in the summer of 2018. This news was greeted by a wave of sadness; as global media outlets reported on her passing, tributes flooded in. The story of the gorilla who’d learned to sign to express herself really seemed to resonate with lots of people across the world.
Rubbing shoulders
Over the decades, Koko graced the covers of popular magazines and rubbed shoulders with A-list celebrities. Her life was a source of tremendous fascination for people — when she signed her thoughts, people listened. So, when she had a message for all of us not long before her death, it was definitely worthy of note.
A message to mankind
Three years before she died, Koko starred in a video that really resonated with lots of people. And maybe that’s because it contained a message that seemed to be directly aimed at all of us. The gorilla was apparently expressing her thoughts on a profound subject, and it stopped a lot of people in their tracks.
