Did you know there's a talking gorilla? | #TalkingGorilla | BBC

Meet Koko, a western lowland gorilla who has been taught sign language. She's making us question what we think we know about animal intelligence. Join in the conversation on social media with #TalkingGorilla.

The full documentary airs on BBC One Wednesday 15th June and will be available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days afterwards. For those in the US, it's broadcast on PBS on the 3rd August.

[Gurushlover.]

Imagine if the narrator said “and that’s my story of how I became the first talking gorilla”

[Sheslayss]

This proves we just need a good teacher in our life.

[___HH___]

My wife worked with KoKo / The Gorilla Foundation for a little over four years. There were three gorillas there, the other two being "Ndume" and "Michael". She has told me stories of how smart they were and having pretend ''tea' with Koko.

[technomancer]

The gorilla when he sees his old friends: yeah I got a PhD in human language

[OppoRancisis]

Scientists are just jealous they didn’t try it first

[eringemini]

Any one of us who has ever had a pet KNOWS that Animals can communicate with us!

[annepoitrineau]

Dear Sweet Koko, gone but not forgotten xxx

[fh]

Why does it feel like i just watched a movie trailer?

[Tflexxx]

Unfortunately, Koko died about a year ago, without having had any children. It would have been nice to see if she could have taught sign language to a daughter or son.

[neutrinoam]

the pain, shame, and guilt I feel the more I learn how human these great apes are but we have treated them so terribly.

[jeremybeckett]

Robin Williams and Koko is just life affirming.

[ernestocortez]

The gorilla accidentally throws up a gang sign

[dorukgega]

Koko is smarter than the whole TikTok community

[monicascott]

Koko was simply perfect. I absolutely adored her.

[Kissameassa]

Koko did not have a bad bone in her body. She LOVED people. 🇬🇧❤️

[sir.fuentes]

A 300 word vocabulary. That’s more than some people.

[DecoyareDecoyare-msdg]

I was just expecting to talk by his mouth

[timdavis]

I had the privilege of meeting Washoe, the signing Chimpanzee in Ellensburg, Washington. Apes are wonderful creatures. Thanks for the video :-)

[battlefronttezzlar]

Imagine being deaf and walking on the street and then a gorilla starts talking to you with sign language

[chanelhanson]

“Koko cry, sad, unattention, visit me” 🥺🥺🥺Shes saying she misses her and doesnt like being alone im crying. Such a sweet soul.