{"id":4335,"date":"2016-06-15T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T05:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/15\/this-adorable-gorilla-is-really-good-at-sign-language\/"},"modified":"2016-06-15T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T05:27:33","slug":"this-adorable-gorilla-is-really-good-at-sign-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/15\/this-adorable-gorilla-is-really-good-at-sign-language\/","title":{"rendered":"This adorable gorilla is really good at sign language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2016%2f06%2f15%2f6c%2fseq_template.00_00_00_21.still0021.39a4e\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/Z-I12XuhQevi19V-MWhyY22BTJA=\/575x323\/2016%2F06%2F15%2F6c%2FSeq_Template.00_00_00_21.Still0021.39a4e.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=This+adorable+gorilla+is+really+good+at+sign+language&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F14%2Fgorilla-sign-language-humans%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F14%2Fgorilla-sign-language-humans%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Can animals really communicate with humans? 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