A Scientist in this video introduces us to Koko the talking ape and describes further than what the book explained about apes and apes using sign language. The scientist tells us that there are signs that the primates can learn that stand for certain words and when they are introduced to a new object that they dont have the sign for, they can combine words that they already know to make a compound word for their new object. For example, in the video they use watermelon; the ape calls it drink-fruit. It's close to the actual word, but not it. This shows that the animal has a good understanding of the signing they are learning and its not just the animals repeating words for treats; they actually understand which sign means what.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmuu8UEi2ko
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