Single. Female. 33. Gorilla.

Today I learned that people are stupid and sensitive enough to file sexual harassment charges against a gorilla. This is older news apparently, but went under my radar. Allegedly Koko, the 33 year old "talking" gorilla who has a vocabulary of over 1,000 ASL words, pressured some of the foundation employees into exposing their nipples to her. The gorilla in a transcript (yes) is admittedly preoccupied with nibbles, but also for candy. Her keeper clarified that she refers to people as nipples. Thankfully all the claims have been permanently dropped as of November 21, 2005.

I hope this case leads the way into a new era where animals can be sued for all their worth for discrimination, harassment, and battery charges. It might be just the thing we need to illustrate the ridiculousness of our very own human legal system.

From the St. Petersburg Times
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