Jette, I/we missed you. Sit down and get a strong drink before you check out the picture counting thread ...we have some disfunctional folks around here!
and the numbering sequence is feclempt.
As for that beautiful gorilla and cute little cat, that's Koko and All Ball, not Penny, ring:
just cut&pasting:
Unfortunately, their relationship ended abrubtly in December of 1984, when All Ball escaped from the gorilla cage and was killed by a car. Koko was extrememly distraught over the death of All Ball and spoke of it soon after:
When asked, "Do you want to talk about your kitty?"
Koko signed, "Cry."
"What happened to your kitty?"
Koko answered, "Sleep cat."
When she saw a picture of a cat who looked very much like All Ball, Koko pointed to the picture and signed, "Cry, sad, frown."
Koko's mourning attracted a great deal of attention from the scientific community. Debates raged over whether or not animals have "emotions" in the human sense.
All Ball was followed by two other kittens, Lipstick and Smoky, and a number of other pets.
Koko and Lipstick:
Koko and Smoky:
Sorry for cluttering our Tilted Nonesense forum with all this serious stuff.