Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
JANE GOODALLWhat you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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Some people say, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We’re not very good at it though, are we?
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Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
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He had instigated a detailed study of the limb bones and locomotor patterns of a number of modern antelopes; the functions of varying bone structures of their legs could then be ascertained. Then, from the structure of fossil antelope bones reconstructed their movements.
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I don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that’s bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it’s enough for me.
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That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can’t we?
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Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
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Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle. If you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, that’s what will give you hope.
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How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
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