Chimpanzees In The Wild

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Ever since she was a little girl in England, animals in Africa fascinated Jane Goodall. When she was eight years old, Jane read Tarzan and Doctor Doolittle. This furthered her love of animals even more and brought on the dream of one day studying in Africa. When her dream finally came true, Jane expected the expedition to last only three years - thirty years later she is still in Gambi, Africa with no intention of leaving.

July 14th, 1960 marks the first day Jane Goodall embarked on her journey. It had been a long, hard process to just get permission to go, as local authorities shunned upon the idea that a white woman would be living amongst wild animals all alone. Jane began the first day she got there; this was going to be her life, her passion.

Once everything was set up in camp, Jane went into the jungle for the first time. Over the next couple of weeks she tried to gain the chimpanzees trust, but they fled at the mere sight of her. This made Jane impatient, but she knew from the start that it would be a long, hard process; this set back just made her determination even stronger; she never considered quitting an option. To gain their trust, Jane sat atop a peak and watched the chimpanzee

Jane observed that chimpanzees resembled humans in ways never seen before. Chimpanzees talk to each other, create and use tools, and also eat meat - they have a savage side to them, just like us. They are romantic with one another and walk in groups while in search of food. Chimpanzees are noisy and excitable, but become calm and gentle within minutes. They eat fruit, flowers, blossoms, and seeds for approximately seven hours a day. The mother is the primary caretaker of the baby - the father is not a part of the child's life.

Chimpanzees are inventors. Over time they have learned how to create a tool to get at termites inside their nest. They take a twig, strip it of leaves and stick it in the termite nest. While this twig is probing the nest, termites cling to this foreign object. Chimpanzees simply take it out of the nest and eat the termites off of it. When this twig is bent, they chew off the end and continue to use it productively.

At first, Jane lured the chimpanzees to her camp with a vast amount of free bananas. Over time, she gained the trust of the chimpanzees and was allowed to interact with the offspring. Jane stopped feeding the chimpanzees regularly and placed bananas in a remote controlled box. She opened this box to chimpanzees for feeding once every ten days. The chimpanzees did not like this new apparatus and tried to break into it with tools. Chimpanzees are smart creatures, who when faced with adversity, overcome it.

Jane Goodall is a celebrity. This is a rare feat for

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