SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Koko the 300-pound gorilla logged on to the Internet on Monday -- and clearly was not impressed. During what was billed as the world's first "interspecies" on-line chat, Koko was far more interested in her toy alligator and dreams of dinner than in answering a barrage of questions from thousands of eager humans. "I like drinks," Koko said, in one of her more lucid comments during the 45-minute dialogue. "Apple drink." Koko's foray into the high-tech world of Internet chatrooms was sponsored by America Online and Envirolink, which together with the Gorilla Foundation near San Francisco set up the event to publicize the plight of the world's great apes. Koko, who is 26, was seen as the obvious on-line ambassador for her species. Raised and trained near San Francisco, she has studied modified American Sign Language for 25 years and is now said to understand some 2,000 words of spoken English. Unfortunately, few of these were put into play during Monday's discussion. "Lips," Koko said, using her codeword for woman. "Koko loves lips." "Koko seemed responsive and chatty," Kevin Connelly, a spokesman for the Gorilla Foundation, said. "We're happy and we had a lot of media coverage. We hope it gets the message out there about what is happening to the gorillas." Koko herself seemed unimpressed. After a stop-and-go conversation during which Patterson reported that Koko paused to clean up her room, play with her toys and gaze out the window, the gorilla finally pulled the plug on her Internet audience with a short, sharp command. "Lights off. Good," Koko said.