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A good productive life for an extraordinary creature and friend to another species in desperate need when it comes to connecting with others.
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She was the first thing I thought about when I found out that Robin Williams died.
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How sad; Koko was a living embodiment of hope and potential.
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Koko
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R.I.P. Koko.
The two forum threads should be merged.
For those interested, this is the Robin Williams VHS tape they handed to Koko: In the Wild - Dolphins with Robin Williams, a 1995 PBS documentary.
It is available online in a couple of places, for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4xSJiZA1Rg
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The gorilla dying is sad, but being sad doesn’t make facilitated communications any more real.
Proof that celebs like Koko more than Trump.
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Everyone except for the bigots and sociopaths likes Koko more…
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Much has been written about how Koko’s supposed communicative abilities owe a great deal to the potentially fantastical interpretations of Ms. Patterson.
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