Speaking of language

I remember visiting Koko the gorilla at the San Franscisco Zoo, before she was moved to her enclosure in Woodside, back in the 1970s.

Koko's 33 years of age and knows over 1000 American Sign Language signs. Her gentleness, her intelligence and capacity for emotion are inspiring. Not because she's an ape with feelings. We're apes with feelings. Rather, that she is an example to the world of just exactly who we share the planet with. We most certainly are not alone.