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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, purple trousers and a blue TVO Kids T-shirt.

He says WELCOME BACK TO TVO K NEWS.

On a screen behind him appear pictures of two apes with the caption "Koko and Puan."

Daniel says NOW, WE LOST TWO INCREDIBLE
MEMBERS IN THE ANIMAL COMMUNITY
IN THE LAST WEEK.
KOKO, AN AFRICAN GORILLA,
AND PUAN,
A SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN.
KOKO PASSED IN HER SLEEP
AT THE AGE OF 46.
KOKO WAS BORN IN
THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO IN 1971
AND STARTED LEARNING
SIGN LANGUAGE AT THE AGE OF 1.
SHE KNEW MORE THAN 1000 SIGNS
AND UNDERSTOOD 2000 WORDS
OF SPOKEN ENGLISH.
RESEARCHERS LEARNED
A LOT ABOUT PRIMATES
AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE
FROM KOKO.
KOKO WAS ADOPTED BY
PENNY PATTERSON,
ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGIST WHO STARTED
THE GORILLA FOUNDATION.
AND THEY SPENT
42 YEARS TOGETHER,
CREATING THE LONGEST
RESEARCH STUDY
ON APES AND LANGUAGE
CALLED PROJECT KOKO.
BUT LANGUAGE WASN'T
THE ONLY THING
THAT MADE HER
A SPECIAL GORILLA.
KOKO LOVED CATS.

A picture of coco holding a kitten appears on the screen.

Daniel says YUP, THAT'S RIGHT!
CATS!
SHE CARED DEEPLY
FOR THIS KITTEN,
WHICH SHE NAMED ALL BALL,
AS IF IT WERE HER OWN BABY.
THE WORLD WILL MISS KOKO
WHO ONCE CALLED HERSELF
A FINE GORILLA PERSON.
WE ALSO LOST PUAN,
THE OLDEST KNOWN
SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN,
WHO PASSED AWAY
AT THE AMAZING AGE OF 62
AT THE PERTH ZOO
IN AUSTRALIA.
MOST ORANGUTANS RARELY REACH
50 YEARS OLD IN THE WILD.
PUAN WAS INDUCTED INTO
THE GUINNESS BOOK
OF WORLD RECORDS
AS THE OLDEST OF HER SPECIES
IN 2016.
BELIEVED TO BE BORN IN 1956
SHE'S LEFT
AN UNBELIEVABLE LEGACY
OF 54 DESCENDANTS IN THE U.S.,
EUROPE, AUSTRALASIA,
AND THE JUNGLES OF SUMATRA.
PUAN WAS FONDLY KNOWN AS
THE GRAND OLD LADY AT THE ZOO.
HOLLY THOMPSON,
SUPERVISOR, SAID:
"YOU ALWAYS KNEW
WHERE YOU STOOD WITH PUAN.
SHE WOULD ACTUALLY
STOMP HER FOOT
IF SHE WAS DISSATISFIED
WITH SOMETHING YOU DID."
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Daniel says WHOA!
BOTH KOKO AND PUAN
WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
STAY TUNED. WE HAVE THE
BEST TEACHER EVER CONTEST
COMING UP NEXT
ON TVO K NEWS.

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