Grolillas

United States
September 12, 2007 11:33am CST
Do you think that gorillias really understand sign language? The news has recently reported this fact , that is believed to be true.Tell me what you think, I for one think that they do..
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xfahctor
@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
12 Sep 07
Absolutely. It is very common for gorrillas, chimps and many other "high apes" to learn rather large vocabularies of sign language. And not just learn the signs but a genuine comprehention of it as a language. This has been going on I believe since the early 70's.
whisper1488
@whisper1488 (82)
• United States
12 Sep 07
I think its great that the apes are able to do that . You think they have better sign lanusge than humans?
xfahctor
@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
12 Sep 07
Humans have a higher capacity for it than the apes, but it is still astounding what they are able to comprehend. One gorrilla in particular from what I heard, actualy had a vocabulary of over 600 signs.
mossjanicelynn
@mossjanicelynn (1240)
• United States
17 Sep 07
There have been many dedicated people that have been above and beyond the call of duty to recognize these traits, even a few killed for there dedication. But also have done intense research regarding this subject. I commend all those who gave there life, so that we could learn more.
mossjanicelynn
@mossjanicelynn (1240)
• United States
17 Sep 07
monkeys & gorillas - A lot of dedicated people gave there life just so we could learn more
monkeys/gorillas
pilbara
@pilbara (1436)
• Australia
17 Sep 07
I have seen several documentaries about this and I believe it to be true, they have a limited vocabularly but can do it nevertheless
ltmoon
@ltmoon (1008)
• United States
6 May 08
Why not? They teach little monkeys to do all kinds of things every day in schools all around the world!
dani27
@dani27 (544)
• United States
13 Oct 07
Of course haven't you seen the gorilla Koko?