avid: Red Durkin
 @RedlsDead
 Koko the gorilla once ripped a sink out of the
 wall and, when her keepers confronted her
 about it, she blamed her kitten, signing "cat
 did it." That HAD been my favorite Koko
 story, until I saw this:
 RIP to an absolute legend

 This is Koko, a gorilla who is reportedly able to correctly
 use 1000 words in American sign language and
 understand more than 2000 English words. She is an avid
 Mr. Rogers fan and was taken to meet him in 1998. When
 they met, she embraced him and and did what she'd
 watched him do on screen so often: she took his shoes off
tastefullyoffensive:

(via lexialvrz)