November 14, 2006
Can you teach a gorilla
to be a gorilla? This woman is a gorilla mentor in a zoo. But, she doesn't bite toenails.
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Well, the article only states that she doesn't bite the baby gorilla's toenails. What a fascinating (if somewhat tiring and messy) job, though!
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How do you make a gorilla, even a baby, submissive? "Cough," Jones said. "If they bite too hard, we cough. That’s what (adult) gorillas do." Funny, I just scream excitedly.
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Biting toenails doesn't seem so bad. What about all that bum-finger sniffing thing they do?
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Sounds like a Bond film!
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Tokyo zoo gorillas get good luck bean shower
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Setsubun was originally performed on what would have been the Chinese New Year eve, but since Japan now celebrates the New Year according to the western calendar, it is marked every February. ?? Computer! Explain!
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Zoo's poster child for hand-rearing: 3 staffers caring for baby ape -- a practice criticized by some animal lovers -- until adults of her own species found to accept her
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Woman still likes gorilla despite attack *contemplates biting each and every one of you*
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I still like you Koko! However you really should try harder to remember our safe word. Which is really any word at all. Stop. Ow! Stoppit! Quit.
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Just keep the clowns away. I'm just sayin'
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Natalie loves the gorillas.
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...and little PeteBest, and the Capt. and Koko and FishTick and EarWax and... NO we will NOT call that one Chy!