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I remember Koko from Psych 101, plus I was a tutor of deaf students during college.
Tom Pincince
I lived near her during the 70's, 80's and 90's, and as founder of Wildlife Rescue in the
SF Bay Area, was privileged to "meet" her. Jinny Collins
I remember the incident when it happened! it was a big deal in the news at the time.
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Google is so amazing. I couldn't even finish typing the name and it gave me the two
choices that both involved this gorilla. The chase ended much too soon. I have
watched programs about the Gorilla Foundation and find their work fascinating.
Judy Pfaff
photos and the knowledge behind them. Emily Aulicino
Hi Colleen, I love these quizzes! It gets me thinking and searching. If I come across
something interesting for a quiz, I'll send it in. Warm regards, Margaret English
Thanks, for giving me an easy one. I am in the middle of reading old German script for
my examination in reading German records. Now that is really, really difficult!!. Thanks
for being there and giving me something fun to do for a change. Bye, Ruth Govorchin
I agree with you, animals are not dumb, plus they have instincts we don't have! This
one was so easy I could not resist. Debbie Sterbinsky
I remember Koko from Psych 101, plus I was a tutor of deaf students during college.
Tom Pincince
I lived near her during the 70's, 80's and 90's, and as founder of Wildlife Rescue in the
SF Bay Area, was privileged to "meet" her. Jinny Collins
I remember the incident when it happened! it was a big deal in the news at the time.
Karen Petrus
Sometimes I like an easy quiz because I don’t spend as much time doing searches.
Even if I don’t try the quiz I like to check back the next week just to read what it was
about. Delores Martin
I thought the quiz was super easy this time......in fact, you pretty much gave us the
answer with the name. And of course I was looking for the "trick" to the question after
being burned twice......hahaha Edee Scott
WHAT AN AMAZING STORY!!!!! Grace Hertz
Google is so amazing. I couldn't even finish typing the name and it gave me the two
choices that both involved this gorilla. The chase ended much too soon. I have
watched programs about the Gorilla Foundation and find their work fascinating.
Judy Pfaff
which occurred on August 16, 1996. A group of 9 children with 3 adults visited the
Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. Nearing the gorilla exhibit, the children ran excitedly ahead
of the adults and climbed onto the railing to look for the gorillas below. Carefully
designed to resemble the natural habitat of the western lowlands gorilla, trees, grasses
and a flowing stream obscured the animals. Trying hard to spot them, one 3 yr old boy
tumbled over the rail and fell 24 feet to the ground below. He lay motionless, at the
mercy of the great apes. The crowd screamed as one of them moved toward the child.
What would this huge beast do? Binti walked to the boy's side while helpless spectators
screamed, certain the gorilla would harm the child. Another larger female gorilla
approached, and Binti growled. Binti picked up the child, cradling him with her right
arm as she did her own infant, and carried him 60 feet to an access entrance, so that
zoo personnel could retrieve him. Her 17-month-old baby, Koola, clutched her back
throughout the incident. The boy spent four days in the hospital and recovered fully.
Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. Nearing the gorilla exhibit, the children ran excitedly ahead
of the adults and climbed onto the railing to look for the gorillas below. Carefully
designed to resemble the natural habitat of the western lowlands gorilla, trees, grasses
and a flowing stream obscured the animals. Trying hard to spot them, one 3 yr old boy
tumbled over the rail and fell 24 feet to the ground below. He lay motionless, at the
mercy of the great apes. The crowd screamed as one of them moved toward the child.
What would this huge beast do? Binti walked to the boy's side while helpless spectators
screamed, certain the gorilla would harm the child. Another larger female gorilla
approached, and Binti growled. Binti picked up the child, cradling him with her right
arm as she did her own infant, and carried him 60 feet to an access entrance, so that
zoo personnel could retrieve him. Her 17-month-old baby, Koola, clutched her back
throughout the incident. The boy spent four days in the hospital and recovered fully.
Binti Jua is a Western Lowland Gorilla
female in the Brookfield Zoo, in Brookfield,
Illinois, outside of Chicago. Binti Jua (whose
name means "Daughter of Sunshine" in
Swahili) is the niece of Koko, the world
famous gorilla that knows and
communicates using American Sign
Language. Her mother's name is Lulu,
originally from the Bronx Zoo, but now
residing at the Columbus Zoo. Her father's
name (quite aptly) is Sunshine (from the San
Francisco Zoo).
Binti is most well known for an incident
female in the Brookfield Zoo, in Brookfield,
Illinois, outside of Chicago. Binti Jua (whose
name means "Daughter of Sunshine" in
Swahili) is the niece of Koko, the world
famous gorilla that knows and
communicates using American Sign
Language. Her mother's name is Lulu,
originally from the Bronx Zoo, but now
residing at the Columbus Zoo. Her father's
name (quite aptly) is Sunshine (from the San
Francisco Zoo).
Binti is most well known for an incident
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| Answer to Quiz #105 April 15, 2007 |
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| 1. She saved a 3 yr old boy who fell into her Brookfield, IL zoo enclosure 16 Aug 1996. 2. She communicates using American sign language. |
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| My name is Binti Jua. 1. What did I do that was highly unusual? 2. What can my famous aunt do that is even more unusual? |
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| Binti Jua http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binti_Jua http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/extraordinary_animals/83542 |
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Her aunt, Koko, who lives in Woodside, CA, is one of
the most famous, and best examples of an ape who is
capable of using ASL. She has a vocabulary of over
2000 "words", and has many phrases,or compound
words.
Koko is a 35 year-old lowland gorilla who learned to
speak American Sign Language when she was just a
baby. Her teacher, Dr. Penny Patterson, began
working with Koko as a Ph.D. project at Stanford,
thinking it would only be a 4-year study.
Thirty-some years later, Penny and Koko continue to
work together at the Gorilla Foundation in one of the
longest interspecies communication studies ever
conducted, the only one with gorillas. Koko now has
a vocabulary of over 1000 signs, and understands
even more spoken English. She has even been known
to 'create' signs for words that she was not taught,
showing a certain creativity of necessity.
Koko has become famous not only for her language
capabilities, but also her heart-warming relationship
with kittens (captured in the book Koko's Kitten). As
Penny says, "she's just as much a person as we are."
Koko's greatest desire is to have a baby. She has
the most famous, and best examples of an ape who is
capable of using ASL. She has a vocabulary of over
2000 "words", and has many phrases,or compound
words.
Koko is a 35 year-old lowland gorilla who learned to
speak American Sign Language when she was just a
baby. Her teacher, Dr. Penny Patterson, began
working with Koko as a Ph.D. project at Stanford,
thinking it would only be a 4-year study.
Thirty-some years later, Penny and Koko continue to
work together at the Gorilla Foundation in one of the
longest interspecies communication studies ever
conducted, the only one with gorillas. Koko now has
a vocabulary of over 1000 signs, and understands
even more spoken English. She has even been known
to 'create' signs for words that she was not taught,
showing a certain creativity of necessity.
Koko has become famous not only for her language
capabilities, but also her heart-warming relationship
with kittens (captured in the book Koko's Kitten). As
Penny says, "she's just as much a person as we are."
Koko's greatest desire is to have a baby. She has
| Koko |
indicated that she will teach her children sign language, which will engender the next
generation of interspecies communication.
She is now at the Gorilla Foundation in Westwood, California. She is over 35 years old
now, and will soon be transferred to Hawaii.
Koko has become the ambassador for her critically endangered species. People need to
care about a species to save it, and Koko makes people care! The pending completion
of the new Maui Ape Preserve by the Gorilla Foundation, and the expansion of our
Africa Projects, will help assure the future for Koko, ape language studies, free-living
gorillas and other great ape species. You can help!
Note that while Koko is well known for her communication skills, she is not unique.
Koko's late male companion, Michael, was also fluent in sign language, a prolific
painter, and intelligent beyond anyone's wildest expectations. And Koko's current
silverback companion, Ndume, is equally personable, empathetic and intelligent. Koko's
species is remarkable indeed. http://www.koko.org/index.php
generation of interspecies communication.
She is now at the Gorilla Foundation in Westwood, California. She is over 35 years old
now, and will soon be transferred to Hawaii.
Koko has become the ambassador for her critically endangered species. People need to
care about a species to save it, and Koko makes people care! The pending completion
of the new Maui Ape Preserve by the Gorilla Foundation, and the expansion of our
Africa Projects, will help assure the future for Koko, ape language studies, free-living
gorillas and other great ape species. You can help!
Note that while Koko is well known for her communication skills, she is not unique.
Koko's late male companion, Michael, was also fluent in sign language, a prolific
painter, and intelligent beyond anyone's wildest expectations. And Koko's current
silverback companion, Ndume, is equally personable, empathetic and intelligent. Koko's
species is remarkable indeed. http://www.koko.org/index.php
| Famous Gorillas http://www.gorilla-haven.org/ghfamous.htm |
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After the incident, experts debated whether
Binti's actions were a result of training by the
zoo or animal altruism. Because Binti had been
hand-raised, as opposed to being raised in the
wild by other gorillas, she had had to be
specially trained to care for an infant and to take
her child to personnel for examinations. One
could assume that this training resulted in her
behavior when the little boy fell into her
enclosure.
However, there are many other examples of
animals (especially primates) demonstrating
apparent altruism. The strongest argument for
Binti's actions were a result of training by the
zoo or animal altruism. Because Binti had been
hand-raised, as opposed to being raised in the
wild by other gorillas, she had had to be
specially trained to care for an infant and to take
her child to personnel for examinations. One
could assume that this training resulted in her
behavior when the little boy fell into her
enclosure.
However, there are many other examples of
animals (especially primates) demonstrating
apparent altruism. The strongest argument for
| Binti Jua and Koola www.gorilla-haven.org/ghsilverbackaward.htm |
the altruistic explanation involves a situation very similar to Binti's, in which a male
gorilla named Jambo, of Jersey Zoo, protected a child who had fallen into his enclosure.
Jambo was not trained to care for children and was raised in captivity by his own
gorilla mother, so that his actions may have involved an instinctive sense that the child
needed his help. Similar behavior has been seen in chimps who "comfort" each other
after an attack or other trauma.
gorilla named Jambo, of Jersey Zoo, protected a child who had fallen into his enclosure.
Jambo was not trained to care for children and was raised in captivity by his own
gorilla mother, so that his actions may have involved an instinctive sense that the child
needed his help. Similar behavior has been seen in chimps who "comfort" each other
after an attack or other trauma.
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