The gorilla Koko was the foster mother of the two kittens. The gorilla Koko, who lives in California, is known worldwide because it knows how to communicate with people in sign language. She knows more than a thousand gestures. In addition, Koko by ear takes about 2 thousands of English words. She was born in the San Francisco zoo, and then she went to Francine Patterson, a specialist in training monkeys.
Francine has taught Koko sign language. Patterson noticed that her pupil often shows a sign indicating the word “baby”. “We realized that Koko really wants to be a mother. Alas, this was impossible. We sympathetically watched her playing with dolls, presses them to him, calms. As a result, we had an idea. Recently Koko had a birthday. She was 44 years old and we brought her kittens!” says Francine.
