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Francine Patterson
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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
February 13, 1947
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Honoring Betty White with Koko’s Help
Today would have been Betty White’s 100th birthday, had she lived just 2 weeks longer! I knew she wasn’t going to live forever, but I secretly wished she would. Betty has been a good friend to The Gorilla Foundation, to Koko, and to me, from the time we first met in the early 2000’s, and she’s been a heroic advocate for all animals as long as I can remember.
On this day of tribute, I’d like to ju
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“I realized that when she tears a page out of a magazine or a book, it’s not trash. It’s meaningful. She wants us to see it. Plus, she also uses some cards we gave her with objects printed on them when she has something to say. I remember one Valentine's Day, she had some cards out waiting for me that stated pretty clearly “Where are the goodies?”
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“Koko understands that she’s special because of all the attention she's had from professors, and caregivers, and the media.”
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“This is really weird, but you know that movie Jurassic Park? They saturated the media with ads that were very graphic with dinosaurs eating humans and all kinds of things. Well, Koko saw them, and several days later one of our caregivers reported her acting very strangely towards her toy dinosaurs and alligators. She was acting as though they were real, and was very frightened of them, and didn't want to touch them. She was using tools to get them away from her. I do believe she had a nightmare about them.”
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