Francine Patterson and Koko, gorilla, California, USA

A most incredible relationship: The most incredible relationship between human and beast in the United States, if not the world, is the friendship between animal psychologist Francine Penny Patterson and Koko, a highly intelligent gorilla. The pair work together continuously in the primate education department of Stanford University in California. Penny has succeeded in teaching the gorilla a vocabulary of over 200 words. This she has done through a series of signs used the deaf and dumb language. She is seen here with Koko on the University grounds during a break between lessons

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