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NATURE's "A Conversation With Koko" explores the compelling subject of inter-species communication by focusing on the groundbreaking work of The Gorilla Foundation, where one animal resident in particular has been speaking in sign language for more than 25 years.

Koko the gorilla has been featured in THE NEW YORK TIMES, her face has graced the covers of prestigious magazines, three books have been written about her, and scientists hang on her every word. She even has had her life story told on TV -- playing herself, of course.

By the human way of reckoning, Koko is surely the world's most accomplished gorilla, having mastered more than 1,000 words in American sign language. In doing so, she has helped overturn age-old preconceptions about the limits of animal intelligence, expressing thoughts and emotions of astonishing sophistication.

At The Gorilla Foundation in mountainous Woodside, California, where Koko has lived most of her life with her equally expressive male......

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