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Koko and Ndume enjoy a sunny day. Koko is in the foreground and Ndume is in the background.
Koko and Ndume enjoy a sunny day. Koko is in the foreground and Ndume is in the background.
Koko tries to drink from the frozen bottle of water.
Ndume plays with the giant tire swing in the small yard.
Koko signs “nut” to Penny. Nuts are special treats for Koko.
Koko builds a nest at bedtime while Penny writes a few notes in the diary.
Radio journalist Julika Tillmanns interviews Penny at the Dignity of the Animal conference in Basel, Switzerland in March 2001. You can hear a […]
Ndume props his foot up on the mesh. Just to give you an idea of the size of his foot…the mesh forms a […]
Koko purrs while sitting on a ladder outside. Purring is a sign of being content.
Michael came to the Gorilla Foundation from Vienna in 1976 at the age of 3, having been born in Cameroon, Africa. Sadly, Michael […]
Smoky, the second of two gray tailless cats at the Foundation, has been Koko”s friend for 15 years. Koko”s first gray tailless cat […]
Koko, with a compressed lip expression, writes on a pad that staff member DeeAnn Draper brought Koko as a gift from Hawaii.
Penny delivers her talk, titled, “Responsibility and Love Across Species: Gorilla Koko as Model, Mirror, and Ambassador” at the Dignity of the Animal […]
Koko’s kitchen, nicely organized by caregiver Jill Firstenberg.
Koko tries to get a treat from Penny”s pocket.
Penny and Research Assistant Sonya go for a ride with beautiful Icelandic horses through the countryside near Basel, Switzerland. The horses, Heddin and […]
Koko enjoys the outdoors from a comfortable spot in the large yard net.
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