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![seven: did you know?
did-you-kno.tumblr.com
Michael the gorilla was taught sign language
by Koko, the first signing gorilla. He began
signing "Squash meat gorilla. Mouth tooth
Cry sharp-noise loud. Bad think-trouble look-
face. Cut/neck lip (girl) hole." Researchers
believed this was a description of the
poaching death of his mother.
did-you-kno.tumblr.com
didyouknowblog.com
Cohen Gi n facebook.com/didyouknowblog
death-limes:
venipede:
osteophagy:
endcetaceanexploitation:
Washoe was a chimp who was taught sign language.
One of Washoe’s caretakers was pregnant and missed work for many weeks after she miscarried. Roger Fouts recounts the following situation:
“People who should be there for her and aren’t are often given the cold shoulder—her way of informing them that she’s miffed at them. Washoe greeted Kat [the caretaker] in just this way when she finally returned to work with the chimps. Kat made her apologies to Washoe, then decided to tell her the truth, signing “MY BABY DIED.” Washoe stared at her, then looked down. She finally peered into Kat’s eyes again and carefully signed “CRY”, touching her cheek and drawing her finger down the path a tear would make on a human (Chimpanzees don’t shed tears). Kat later remarked that one sign told her more about Washoe and her mental capabilities than all her longer, grammatically perfect sentences.“ [23]
Washoe herself lost two children; one baby died shortly after birth of a heart defect, the other baby, Sequoyah, died of a staph infection at two months of age.
more about Washoe:
after the death of her children, researchers were determined to have Washoe raise a baby and brought in a ten month chimpanzee named Loulis. one of the caretakers went to Washoe’s enclosure and signed “i have a baby for you.” Washoe became incredibly excited, yelling and swaying from side to side, signing “baby” over and over again. then she signed “my baby.”
the caretaker came back with Loulis, and Washoe’s excitement disappeared entirely. she refused to pick Loulis up, instead signing “baby” apathetically; it was clear that the baby she thought she was getting was going to be Sequoyah. eventually Washoe did approach Loulis, and by the next day the two had bonded and from then on she was utterly devoted to him.
*information shamelessly paraphrased from When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Masson.
Even more interestingly, after Washoe and Loulis bonded, she started teaching him American Sign Language the same way that human parents teach their children language. It only took Loulis eight days to learn his first sign from Washoe, and aside from the seven that his human handlers learned around him, he learned to speak in ASL just as fluently as Washoe and was able to communicate with humans in the same way she could.
now if y'all don’t think this is the tightest shit you can get outta my face](https://pics.esmemes.com/did-you-know-did-you-kno-tumblr-com-michael-the-gorilla-was-taught-sign-62004761.png)
![seven: Me [25F] with my boyfriend [25M] of seven months. He has VERY bizarre opinions
and I want help understanding him, and getting him to understand how others see
him Relationships
submitted 7 hours ago by throwaway47273747483
have been with my boyfriend, Henry, for around 7 months now, and he's an amazing guy etc.
I really see this developing into a long and very serious relationship. There are no big
problems or red flags.
One thing that gets me though, are his political opinions. They are esoteric, somewhat
incomprehensible, and frankly, bizarre. He is an ardent monarchist (we are in the UK) but not
in the typical use of the word (ie liking the Queen being an impartial head of state), he literally
believes in the divine right of kings and that it is the only natural form of government. He
claims to recognise no monarch since James ll, and apparently the real legitimate successor
is some guy called Francis who I've never heard of, who is also supposedly the rightful king of
France and Greece. He never votes, saying he has no desire to assist his monarch in their
choice of servants (which is technically how the UK government works, the Queen "chooses"
whoever wins the election). He expressed disgust at Prince Harry's recent engagement, I
pressed him as to why (I was slightly worried it was racist in nature) and he said both Meghan
Markle and Kate Middleton are commoners who have no business marrying royalty, then made
some remark about the Royal Family being a "ghastly bunch of arriviste Germans anyway, so I
suppose it doesn't matter". It's just strange. It's like his worldview is so odd and so far removed
from anything I can even begin to understand. I can name the current major Royals and a few
of the more important historical ones, whereas he is an absolute expert.
He will passionately debate anyone who wants to, though again it just makes him look strange.
Friends at dinner will be discussing normal, contemporary political issues, and he will interject
and go on some tangent about how this all relates to "King John's submission to Papal
authority in 1213". He does seem to genuinely believe this stuff, but it gives an odd impression
to those around us. No one can really reply beecause they don't know what he's talking about
so he definitely gets the feeling he's winning these debates (he's far too well-mannered to be
rude about it, but it's certainly an unspoken truth in his view)
tikkunolamorgtfo:
TFW your boyfriend is a 17th Century Catholic vampire who is NOT OVER™ the Glorious Revolution of 1688.](https://pics.esmemes.com/me-25f-with-my-boyfriend-25m-of-seven-months-he-62010026.png)
