http://flickr.com/search/?q=pink%20katydid&w;=all

It looks like Pink Katydids also exist in adult form, and some of them can be quite vividly pink.

What, is everyone here afraid of showing a little leg? Just roll yer pants up.

If anyone wants to hear some of the band, samples can be heard here. Click on Gramofoni for a pop-up music player applet.

That first ‘crash’ is just epic.

And here's an example of English that's okay, but still something that really wouldn't fly in the States:

http://flickr.com/photos/alcarilinque/131493920/

Found in Helsinki.

#4: I'd just chalk it up as free variation. At least, I can't tell which is better. By analogy though, maybe elving? Look at 'life' and 'living'. I feel though like 'elving' could be doing things that elves do, while 'elfing' could be 'the state of being an elf'.

The word "interdict" always makes me happy.

Actually, #1, it's octopuses; this is English after all. It's also more widely accepted according to an informal corpus search with Google. ;)

I would say that there's just a latent element in the human psyche that enjoys dressing up and separating itself from reality.

Yeah, it's what inspires me to act.

The commentary so far seems quite lacking of any anthropological insight though. Maybe we should be considering the cultural facets of human-gorilla communication, especially now that such communication is possible if at least with one gorilla in particular. Maybe I hold language to be such an important thing since I am a linguist, but I think it's interesting that more inter-species communication.

I'm kind of amused (or maybe this is the wrong word?) to read about discussion of sexual harassment when involving cross-cultural contacts. How would the request be taken from a culture of humans in which women don't cover their breasts? Would such women asking to see your breasts be the same thing, or is it inherently a request that you become more like them?

I'm not trying to pull some sort of "lab mice have feelings"-type PETA argument here, but I just feel like more needs to be said on the topic of interspecies interaction. The researchers there really aren't just observing gorillas to see what they're capable. Under the surface, they're all taking part in an experiment of interspecies behavior and communication, so maybe they should get more experimental. Would Koko really kekeke about being shown some boobies, or would something else come of it?