Ukuba ubungumntwana kwi-90s, ubufuna ukwenza izinto ezintathu: yiya e-Space Camp, ugcwalise iTemplate Run on Iintsomi zetempile efihliweyo , uze udibane noKoko, igorila yentetho yezandla. Okulusizi kukuba, igorila edumileyo isweleke ineminyaka engama-46, ekhayeni layo eGorilla Foundation kwiintaba zaseSanta Cruz. I-Gorilla Foundation ikhuphe ingxelo isithi, Impembelelo yakhe ibinzulu kwaye into asifundise yona malunga namandla eemvakalelo zegorila kunye namandla abo okuqonda aya kuqhubeka ukubumba umhlaba. Wayethandwa kwaye uya kukhunjulwa ngokunzulu.
U-Koko wazalwa ngomhla we-4 kaJulayi ngo-1971 kwi-Zoo yaseSan Francisco, apho wabizwa ngokuba ngu-Hanabi-ko (waseJapan ongumntwana womlilo). Igorila yommandla osemazantsi ikhethwe njengentsana yingcali yezengqondo yezilwanyana uGqirha uFrancine Penny Patterson, ophuhlise iprojekthi yophando lolwimi eyilelwe ukufundisa uhlobo olulungisiweyo loLwimi lweZandla lwaseMelika, olwaziwa njengeGorilla Sign Language okanye i-GSL. U-Koko wakwazi ukuqonda ngaphezulu kwe-1,000 yemiqondiso kwi-GSL, kwaye waxelwa ukuba waqonda ukuya kuma-2,000 amagama esiNgesi. Ngokukhawuleza waduma kwihlabathi ngobukrelekrele obukhethekileyo kunye novelwano kwabanye.
Ukongeza kwi-GSL, uKoko ubonakalise ubukrelekrele ngokungaqhelekanga kunye nokufaneleka, efunda ukudlala irekhoda kunye nokusebenza kwekhamera. Umzobo wakhe wobuqu wenza ikhava yeNational Geographic ngo-1978. Ingaba uKoko wayila le selfie? Ngokuqinisekileyo ibonakala ngathi.
UKoko igorila, eboniswe apha kwiphepha elingaphandle lika-Okthobha we-1978 kwi-National Geographic, usweleke eneminyaka engama-46. pic.twitter.com/DlHANqVYlE
-Izwe leJografi (@NatGeoMag) Isilimela 21, 2018
U-Koko wayeqatshelwa ngokubanzi kwinkcubeko ye pop emva kokudibana nosaziwayo abaliqela, njengo Mister Rogers, iRed Hot Chili Peppers bassist flea, kunye no Robin Williams. Xa uWilliam wasweleka ngo-2014, abaphathi bakaKoko bathi uvakalise ukudana kwakhe kwezi ndaba.
UKoko wayedume ngokuthanda amantshontsho ekati, nangokubonakalisa usizi xa kusweleke ikati yakhe yebhola. Igorila ethandekayo ikhuthaze izizukulwane zabantwana kunye nabantu abadala ngovelwano kunye nendalo yokudlala, isikhumbuza ukuba asihlukanga kangako kwizilwanyana esincancisayo. Phumla ngoxolo, Koko.
UKoko udibana noMnumzana Rogers, usaziwayo wakhe amthandayo: pic.twitter.com/pUXlic2nEH
-Laura olin (@lauraolin) Isilimela 21, 2018
(nge i-NPR , umfanekiso: PBS)
