RIP Jane Goodall.

[bullet08]

She was one of the Ape Bimbos, or Monkey Bimbos (the term has been removed from Internet for.. you know). A great conservationist, behavior researcher, and a good human all round has passed away at 91.

May her rest in bosoms of all the chimpanzees she had worked with. RIP.

 

[Chris T]

My first high school research paper was on primate linguistic studies. Dr. Goodall did a lot of good. I still want to be like her when I grow up. Wish I would have gotten to see one of her lectures in person.

 

[warren]

I felt her to be a tremendously focused woman. Admirable in her dedication to her field, her knowledge phenomenal. A long and useful life, lived fully is her legacy. A life well lived!

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

I felt her to be a tremendously focused woman. Admirable in her dedication to her field, her knowledge phenomenal. A long and useful life, lived fully is her legacy. A life well lived!

Well said, and I’ll second that.

 

[Waning Embers]

Always fascinated by Goodall and Fossey's work.

 

[agnosticpipe]

I'm glad she was able to live as long as she did. The world needs more people like her. RIP

 

[mortonbriar]

I am glad she made it to her 90's, we can be grateful to have had her presence and influence for so many decades.

 

[georged]

Interesting side note ---

She was initially attracted to chimpanzee observation & study because she felt humans could learn from them how to cooperate, live in harmony with nature, and so forth.

That lasted until she witnessed a war between two groups/tribes. From torturing prisoners, to extermination campaigns, to cannibalism---kidnapping the other group's infants and "children" and eating them. (Known today among researchers as the Gombe Chimpanzee War.)

Seeing how Nature and evolution worked "up close and personal" changed her worldview profoundly.

The reason she was so naive initially is because she actually went to Africa with no scientific training of any kind. (Never went to college, only trade school to be an office secretary.)

She stuck with it, though, and earned the respect of enough legit anthropologists to get a "pass" regarding all that. Her determination, and powers of observation and description had no equal in the field.

Good job, Jane

RIP

 

[anotherbob]

aside from her work she seemed pretty awesome and chill.
Everyone knows the classic Far Side cartoon that mentions her. Love hearing about her reaction to that comic.

 

[greeneyes]

Goodall was intelligent, charming, demure and inspiring. She also possessed a unique beauty that perhaps bore witness to the light that shone from within her. I've always felt an intense admiration for her.

 

[OzPiper]

Jane Goodall - a goodun
Vale !