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Letter: Ape versus dog

Published 9 February 2011

From Paul Kail

You say that Chaser the border collie knows the names of 1022 items, more than any other animal (25 December 2010, p 8). Koko, a gorilla first studied at the University of Stanford, California, reportedly understands twice as many, and can actually use over 1000. Some humans can use even more.

Prague, Czech Republic

Issue no. 2799 published 12 February 2011

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