Given by a gorilla in sign language, it is among the more unusual messages for the New Year.

Koko was filmed delivering a 38-word bulletin about how ‘stupid’ mankind is harming the Earth.

In the 60-second video, the 44-year-old great ape, which has been learning sign language since she was one, said: ‘I am gorilla, I am flowers, animals. I am Nature. Koko love man. Earth Koko love.

Scroll down for video

Talented: Koko the Gorilla has been learning sign language since she was a year old

Told off: For 2016, she delivered her own New Year's message - with a stark warning for mankind

Conflicted: In the 38 word message, she says she loves man, but humans are stupid

‘But man stupid… stupid! Koko sorry, Koko cry. Time hurry. Fix Earth! Help Earth! Hurry! Protect Earth. Nature watches you. Thank you.’

The message was scripted by NOE Conservation, based in France, whose main focus is preserving biodiversity, and The Gorilla Foundation in Woodside, California, where Koko has lived since 1979, immersed in human company.

She is said to be able to understand 1,000 words of US sign language and 2,000 words of spoken English, but there has been controversy about whether her own use of signs is simple, reward-related mimicry or something more meaningful.

The video was made to help get NOE Conservation’s message across for the recent UN Climate Conference in Paris.

Upsetting: The great ape, who is now 44 years old, said human's stupidity left her feeling blue

Clever: She is said to be able to understand 1,000 words of US sign language and 2,000 words of English

One of us: Koko has lived at The Gorilla Foundation in California since 1979, immersed in human company

Point: The video was made to get NOE Conservation’s message across for the recent UN Climate Conference

A spokesman for The Gorilla Foundation: ‘Because of her unique ability to communicate with humans in sign language, Koko is a natural ambassador for endangered species.