https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)#Nipple_fixation
I learned about this today. I already knew a few stories about her, how she liked kittens und Robin Williams.
The nipple story makes her seem more relatable.
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Koko the gorilla and Nim the Chimp are still wild to me. Like we literally taught animals to talk. They have complex emotions and are able to communicate with us when taught properly.
And then the king of goof clowns Elon Musk tortures them to death by jamming chips into their brains without their consent. Fuck I hate him.
You're not wrong about animals having real tangible intelligence that humans should respect, or hating Elon Musk. But unfortunately none of these animals actually talked in any verifiable, testable, or repeatable way. Which is a bummer. But you're not wrong on everything else!!!