Don't show her Rise of the Planet of the Apes!

>> ^quantumushroom:

Don't show her Rise of the Planet of the Apes!


I think I'll suggest that to them.

What, no upvote qm? Don't you like the cute, signing gorilla?

My favorite Koko story....

"They" say that gorillas don't actually use language, they are mimics and learn "make this sign, get this".

The scientists were concerned about Koko's mental health, so they put a rhesus monkey in with her, for company. Koko did NOT like the monkey -- loud, stole her food, etc. She would sign "feces monkey" when she saw it -- in other words, called the monkey a "shit." She made that up to describe her feelings.

We are an egocentric species, thinking we are so different....

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>> ^bareboards2:

My favorite Koko story....
"They" say that gorillas don't actually use language, they are mimics and learn "make this sign, get this".
The scientists were concerned about Koko's mental health, so they put a rhesus monkey in with her, for company. Koko did NOT like the monkey -- loud, stole her food, etc. She would sign "feces monkey" when she saw it -- in other words, called the monkey a "shit." She made that up to describe her feelings.
We are an egocentric species, thinking we are so different....


It's also a compound term. Gorillas are now well-known to create their own compound term from two previously unrelated concepts, which is fairly definitive example of linguistic cognition. Funnily enough the compound terms created for things the gorillas dislike usually involve feces.

I would honestly be interested to see how she reacts to King Kong... I wonder if gorillas receive depth and scale cues from a 2D image like humans do. Maybe she'd think King Kong was a really small assholeish gorilla.

intelligence is a spectrum


single-celled organisms-->bacteria-->people from Arizona-->...-->cockroaches-->...-->gorillas-->dolphins-->humans

>> ^rottenseed:

intelligence is a spectrum

single-celled organisms-->bacteria-->people from Arizona-->...-->cockroaches-->...-->gorillas-->dolphins-->humans


Now, now rottenseed. There are smart people in Arizona--and Idaho.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^rottenseed:
intelligence is a spectrum

single-celled organisms-->bacteria-->people from Arizona-->...-->cockroaches-->...-->gorillas-->dolphins-->humans

Now, now rottenseed. There are smart people in Arizona--and Idaho.


The "smart" people in Arizona are the exception, not the rule. There's something about desert dwelling people in general. I think the sun does something to their brain (at least during the summer).

>> ^budzos:
It's also a compound term. Gorillas are now well-known to create their own compound term from two previously unrelated concepts, which is fairly definitive example of linguistic cognition. Funnily enough the compound terms created for things the gorillas dislike usually involve feces.


Note to the keepers, no German porn DVDs

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