http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2006/08/06/koko-a-talking-gorilla/ Documentary Film News and Reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2006/08/06/koko-a-talking-gorilla/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Jay C Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:20:10 +0000 http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2006/08/06/koko-a-talking-gorilla/#comment-573 Speaking of parrots, there's a great episode of Errol Morris' First Person where a parrot is a witness in a murder case. I guess the parrot 'recorded' the sounds of the murder. Speaking of parrots, there’s a great episode of Errol Morris’ First Person where a parrot is a witness in a murder case. I guess the parrot ‘recorded’ the sounds of the murder.

]]> http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2006/08/06/koko-a-talking-gorilla/comment-page-1/#comment-572 leigh Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:06:50 +0000 http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2006/08/06/koko-a-talking-gorilla/#comment-572 Excellent write up, I’m very interested in seeing this one. There’s a new documentary series coming up on British TV which will feature that parrot which appears to have the ability to go beyond just mimicking and communicate. I wonder if anyone would find that runs into ethics problems or if it’s only the similarity of our mammalian cousins that puts us in a moral quandary. Excellent write up, I’m very interested in seeing this one. There’s a new documentary series coming up on British TV which will feature that parrot which appears to have the ability to go beyond just mimicking and communicate. I wonder if anyone would find that runs into ethics problems or if it’s only the similarity of our mammalian cousins that puts us in a moral quandary.

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