KokoCast 2: Meet the Founders: Part 1: How it All Began

In this edition of KokoCasts, we interview The Gorilla Foundation's founders, Drs. Penny Patterson and Ron Cohn, and asked them how they first met Koko, and how that meeting evolved into the longest interspecies communication study in history, and the only one involving gorillas. It has been quite an adventure, and Koko's Legacy has only just begun to unfold for the benefit of great apes everywhere. Join the conversation ...

Topics Covered:
00:16 Intro (Christa)
01:52 Ron: First Encounter with Koko at the SF Zoo (1972; Age 1)
04:54 Penny: Penny starts working with Koko
05:38 Ron: Key People Involved in Project Koko's beginning
06:21 Penny: Barbara Hiller, the 3rd co-founder
07:30 Penny: Landes Bell, SF Zoo docent & Koko's Friend
07:51 Penny: Prof. Karl Pribram and working with Gibbons
09:14 Penny: Meeting Koko for the first time at the SF Zoo
10:00 Penny: Koko's first cat encounter: Barney Google
10:48 Ron: The sweetest Celebese Ape Baby (was Koko jealous?)
11:46 Ron: Many other animals Koko got to meet
11:55 Ron: The Siberian Tiger Cubs
13:01 Ron: Koko's home at the zoo
14:08 Ron: Young Koko on display at the SF Zoo
14:40 Penny: "Which one is the gorilla?"
15:24 Ron: Koko and the Colobus Monkeys
15:48 Ron: Koko becomes famous for learning to sign so quickly
15:15 Penny: Koko's first sign language lessons: Eat, Drink & More
16:27 Ron: The press goes crazy over Koko'signing (article by Herb Caen)
17:10 Ron: Koko loved to drink and signed "DRINK" often
17:58 Penny: Koko also used "natural gestures"
18:12 Christa asks about Koko and the other animals at the zoo
18:35 Penny: Alligators were the one she was most afraid of
19:11 Ron: Koko and the Llamas (she loved to scare them)
20:28 Ron: Koko liked to be pushed around the zoo in a wheelchair
20:40 Ron: Later, Koko preferred being driven around in a car
21:12 Penny: She always liked cats (a precursor to "Koko's Kitten")
22:16 Penny: And she liked being carried around in my backpack
22:44 Penny: The Project Koko Research Diaries began early (1970's)
22:52 Ron: We were even video taping that early
23:00 Ron: The old video reels have been difficult to digitize, but we manage
23:20 Outro (Christa)

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