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    from the start , we were in the middle of nowhere living with my grandma. Half way during the summer my mom surprises me by bringing a dog home, her name is KoKo. KoKo was my only friend at first, then I met a few cousins. There was this one girl named Taliyah, Taliyah Ried , she stayed with me a lot during the summer. We would take care of Koko together and drive our four wheelers to the store and everything ! School time eventually came around. I went to open house and saw Taliyah’s name, we…

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    should be treated more fairly instead of just being thought of as inanimate objects. In paragraph eight of your article you talk about Koko a gorilla in California who can use sign language and knows over 1,000 signs. I looked up the Gorilla Foundation where Koko was taught sign language and found their website. Their website gave more informations about how Koko was taught sign language and how she uses sign language in her everyday life. This only furthers my belief that animals…

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    use and abuse and rights can take the moral, legal and practical forms. According to Rifkin 's article “ A change of heart about animals” there is evidence that animals do feel pain and love. For example, elephants moan when they lose a loved one, Koko knows sign language and understands bunch of words, pigs the react differently when they get what they want or when the allowed to play. And around the world and U.S people really don’t take these points into consideration. Therefore, there should…

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    An ally of Chief Nanga Chief Koko tries to weaken the C.P.C with bribery. Maxwell, one of Odili’s senior party members bribed, “Chief Koko offered me one thousand pounds” (Achebe, 1966). Chief Koko offers Maxwell the money to try and get him to abandon his political activities to weaken the rising C.P.C. Although Maxwell takes the money, he does not abandon Odili…

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    When I read this question, the first thought that entered my mind was a special I had watched concerning the western lowland gorilla Koko and her kitten "Smoky". Koko has been taught over 1000 words of sign language (The Gorilla Foundation 2015, para.3). There is also the example of Kanzi, the bonobo who learned a keyboard symbolic communication language after watching his mother being taught (Park 2015, p.282). My first instinct was to throw my support in with those who claim that these…

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    There are two versions of this song, the single version and the album. The difference is the single version is 2:55 and the album version is 5:28. The album version has that energetic solo. The difference between Take 5 and KoKo is that Take 5 is West Coast Cool Jazz and KoKo is Bebop. West Coast jazz: It is actually a diverse subgenre that was popular jazz music that developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is a subgenre of cool jazz, which is “heavy” and…

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    “...many fish are remarkably clever. For example,they can learn geometrical relationships and landmarks and then use these to generate a mental map to plan escape routes if a predator shows up.” There is a gorilla named Koko who has learned a language. Rifkin takes a look at, “Koko, the 300 pound gorilla...who was taught sign language and has mastered more than a 1000 signs and understands several thousand english words.” This goes to show that animals have a capacity to learn and are able to…

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    Jeremy Rifkin, he explains that Koko is able to understand humans using sign language and understands many English words. Rifkin states, “Equally impressive is koko, the 300-pound gorilla at the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California, who was taught sign language and has mastered more than 1,000 signs and understands several thousand English words. On human IQ tests, she scores between 70 and 95” (Rifkin 59). In the quote it explains how many signs and English words Koko is able to…

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    imagined” (Rifkins). It is true there are studies showing that animals are more advanced than we give them credit for but they are still not at our level of intelligence. It is especially not fair that we give all credit to animals based off of a few. “Koko…was taught sign language and has mastered more than 1,000 signs” (Rifkins). and “Chantek … used a mirror to groom his teeth and adjust his glasses” (Rifkins), these two both did things that makes them see more human but are felines or birds…

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    groufies, though, is the time you spend with family. If you don't want to miss them so much, it may be better to print the best or the wackiest snap. Then, attach it to the free photo clip that Nestlé adds in special boxes of Koko Krunch cereals. 3 Things to Know About Koko Krunch's Free Photo Clip What must you know about the free photo clip? It strengthens memory. The yellow characters attached to the gift with purchase come from the Despicable Me franchise. Similar to how…

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