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Feel very sorry for gorilla not being given the opportunity to be a proper gorilla.
But it was different time and place when they took her into captivity.
Fascinating tho |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"It left me feeling a little sad for both penny and koko..  "
Me too.
I found it very sad that Koko wanted a baby; that she craves new contacts; that by raising her with just humans her experiences were narrowed. Although they would be narrowed anyway by being a zoo animal.
Still remarkable.
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"It left me feeling a little sad for both penny and koko..
Me too.
I found it very sad that Koko wanted a baby; that she craves new contacts; that by raising her with just humans her experiences were narrowed. Although they would be narrowed anyway by being a zoo animal.
Still remarkable.
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She fancied that film crew guy. Clearly identified with humans over gorilla. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"It left me feeling a little sad for both penny and koko..
Me too.
I found it very sad that Koko wanted a baby; that she craves new contacts; that by raising her with just humans her experiences were narrowed. Although they would be narrowed anyway by being a zoo animal.
Still remarkable.
She fancied that film crew guy. Clearly identified with humans over gorilla."
I thought about that and decided she just really wanted to interact with more people. Over 40 years with the same narrow group of people must be a little boring.
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"It left me feeling a little sad for both penny and koko..
Me too.
I found it very sad that Koko wanted a baby; that she craves new contacts; that by raising her with just humans her experiences were narrowed. Although they would be narrowed anyway by being a zoo animal.
Still remarkable.
She fancied that film crew guy. Clearly identified with humans over gorilla."
That's what I said. She didn't seem interested in her potential partner. She wanted the man. Must be very confusing for her |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"It left me feeling a little sad for both penny and koko..
Me too.
I found it very sad that Koko wanted a baby; that she craves new contacts; that by raising her with just humans her experiences were narrowed. Although they would be narrowed anyway by being a zoo animal.
Still remarkable.
She fancied that film crew guy. Clearly identified with humans over gorilla. That's what I said. She didn't seem interested in her potential partner. She wanted the man. Must be very confusing for her "
One of the talking heads made the point she doesn't know which camp she sits in.
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"It left me feeling a little sad for both penny and koko..
Me too.
I found it very sad that Koko wanted a baby; that she craves new contacts; that by raising her with just humans her experiences were narrowed. Although they would be narrowed anyway by being a zoo animal.
Still remarkable.
She fancied that film crew guy. Clearly identified with humans over gorilla. That's what I said. She didn't seem interested in her potential partner. She wanted the man. Must be very confusing for her
One of the talking heads made the point she doesn't know which camp she sits in.
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I still felt a bit sorry for her not living a proper gorillas life. It's like us being brought up by a gorilla and not communicating with other humans but I must admit she was well loved by penny. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
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I still felt a bit sorry for her not living a proper gorillas life. It's like us being brought up by a gorilla and not communicating with other humans but I must admit she was well loved by penny. "
She is well loved by Penny but Penny has kept her a 'human' child and she has never become a gorilla adult.
She does appear to have really good manners though.
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I still felt a bit sorry for her not living a proper gorillas life. It's like us being brought up by a gorilla and not communicating with other humans but I must admit she was well loved by penny.
She is well loved by Penny but Penny has kept her a 'human' child and she has never become a gorilla adult.
She does appear to have really good manners though.
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better than some humans lol. |
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