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Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees
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One of the world’s best known animal researchers surveys the results of more than three decades of painstaking study in JANE GOODALL’S WILD CHIMPANZEES.

When legendary scientist Jane Goodall first came to Tanzania more than 35 years ago to study the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, the vast, flourishing forest teemed with apes. Today, the park is ravaged by logging, and home to only about 40 chimps, who live confined to a few protected square miles.

But the chimp population in Gombe remains abuzz with drama and intrigue. Of the many chimps Ms. Goodall got to know when she began her studies in 1960, just one — Fifi — is alive today. And Fifi’s two eldest sons, Freud and Frodo, are now locked in a power struggle over the title of top-ranking male, a conflict that is dominating life in the community.

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#1

I love monkeys/ chimpanzees and how she can bond with them so easly

#2

u rock jane goodall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#3

If Jane could move the apes to Spain
They would be protected legislatively,
And the government of that country,
To their well-being would see.

We have read in the LATimes
That the future of apes is closely tied
To improvement of living conditions for humans–
Who also near the Gombe abide.

It is good to know, in these troublous times,
That there’s still some who cares for apes–
Creatures of near-human qualities,
Capable even of social and personal jackanapes.

These latter capabilites are also exhibited
By humans who to the U.S. presidency aspire–
And from time to time, while campaigning,
Say things for which they’re called “Liar!”.

And frequently don’t make much sense
Or at times sound exceedingly strange–
To other humans; and to chimps in the Gombe
(Should they be within hearing range).

All in all, by and large, overall,
It’s good that Jane is bringing hope and cheer
To Fifi and her sons Freud and Frodo,
As our national E-Day draws near.

#4

You are really ODD!!!!!
but thats okay i’m doing a project on you! for science. :(

#5

One should avoid excessive reliance
On what passes (in some quarters) for science,
And treasure Freud and Frodo
Quite alive (unlike the unfortunate Dodo)–
And with all Fifi’s motherly demands in compliance.

#6

you are my hero for a 4H paper and learning about you has been a life changing experience

#7

you are awsome my grandmother loves u so much and is glad we have someone lik u in our world.

#8

you are a very smart person

#9

You people are so weird making those poems. they dont rhyme!

#10

u r so cool u are my poject for my science class im in 6th grade i learnd alot of things about u i hope u get this letter u are a great person ihope u stay like that sincerly genesis p.s u rock love genesis

#11

im doing a report on her

#12

i support wwf and i love barren van lawick may he rest in peace. Oh but im confused because i have no idea if Jane is alive because some say she is and others say she is dead! oh and i lovvvveee her book chims

#13

I just study about animal and search about chimpanzee, but I still not understand well about it could you please get me some sugesstion . Thank in adveance, Battambang Cambodia

#14

I am doing research on you for school and so far you are awsome!!!!! Oh and i love animals to!

#15

Chimps are adorable animals. I’m doing a project on her study of chimps

#16

Jane goodall thanks for helping us out u rock!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those chimps are so cool

#17

YOU OWN JANE GOODALL!

#18

Wow!Thnx for rhelping hte chimps u rock ou loud!!!!!!!!!!!

#19

i want to thank jane goodall for all of her help with the chimps. she really is an awesome person. we should all be like her and care for all the animals on this planet. just think, if you were another animal besides a human, how would you feel if no one cared for you? that would make me mad. us humans need to think about everybody else instead of themselves.

#20

london style

#21

monkeys/ chimpanzees (: awhh they make me smile(: i love them ! but jane is a little .. Hugeeelyy scary.
Butt i got her for a project..
:/
ill work with it thoughh ,,

#22

?!?!? JANE?!?! scary? no way. i look up 2 her.

#23

i’m doing u for my history day project. You Rock~!!!
monkeys/ chimpanzees are so cute! i wish i could b like u

#24

jane goodall rocks on doing a report ao her and i have learned so mutch! thanks jane for doing what u do!!!! :) me and by bff love monkeys we talk about them 247!!!

#25

Jane goodall is alive and is 74 years old today.She is a woman of history.she is a primatologist.

#26

Jane Goodall is alive. She studys chimps and is a animal scientist. She was born in 1934 and is 74 now. england is her home country. You rock Jane Goodall!

#27

She’s a very impressive lady.

#28

i think ur sexy <33

#29

I love monkies, fudge, and swearing! Go JANE!

#30

i love youre books and i have a qustion for you do you know what you ist word was when you where a baby.will you send me a pic of youre monkey bear?

#31

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi LOVE YIU

#32

I would just like to give a little shout out to Jane Goodall, from Hannah. YOu have changed the way the world looks at chimpanzees, and the way we think of the environment. I promise I will be good to the environment. You are my role model.

#33

i love u please email me im an 11 year old girl and i am doing a history day report on you for my school thats how awesome you are i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!please email me please.

#34

hello again ms. Goodall. i have read a book about you called Jane Goodall Animal Behaviorist and Writer. written by Brendan January. I’m writing a report for my school and history day I would really love to ask you a few questions. it would be awesome if u could contact me in anyway shape or form but please contact me. I would really appreciate it thank you and you are an inspiration for my life and future.

#35

jane i hope to become like you in so many ways.
thank you for your inspiration hopefly
it will get me to where i want to be in life.
alena

#36

Chimps should awlays be protected Go Jane!!!!

#37

hi… im a very big animal lover and jane is awsome she shows that even animals have a right to be loved and cared about too..she makes the world a better place for the chimpanzees and that will help the other animals too. becuse everything has a reason and hers was too save chimpanzees and thats a really great thing

#38

everybody writing on here is like doing a project on her…. like meeee
Jane, i think ure awesomeeee can u please email me??

#39

I LOVE ANIMALS THEY ROCK!!!!!!!!!

#40

animals are my hole life i have always loved them and always will i love you jane goodall

#41

Wow I really like chimpanzees and think their really cute! I wish I was Jane Goodall! She rocks!

#42

You rock Jane Goodall! My bff since KG did you on the Explorers unit last year (3rd grade)and since I moved I’m gonna have to do the unit AGAIN, so I picked you and I will be the first (and probably the ONLY one) doing you… anyways… ROCK ON!!!

#43

i am doing a speech on jane goodall u rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#44

your a insporation to me

#45

awesome u rock!!!

#46

so cute i love it!!!!!!! they are so cute and cuddley

#47

Hi Jane you rock! Do you have a pet? Whats your favorite animal? My frind, Kacey Nelson is doing you for one of our Reaserch projects, you seem to be a sweet caring person for animals!!!!!

#48

Hi Jane Goodall we are doing a history day and me and my friend pick you as are history day and i read some of you story about the Chimps is very cool….. =]

#49

and i like the picture is so good and pette….

#50

we (me and mxiong) need information about you for our history day project!

#51

monkeys rock

#52

Hey ur great and I can’t believe we have people like you in our world!!!!!!!

#53

i love wht jane is doing it is makeing a big diffrenc in my life an others lifes .I want to be just like her when i grow u .did you know som one is doin the same thing for arangotangs an it has a show on animal planet arangotang island it is a good show you should whatch it some day

#54

Jane Goodall is my idol!!! you are the best! I hope I can meet you someday!

#55

Hello to anyone who reads this, Im at school right now posting this thingie…I have a project on Ms. Goodall and frankly speaking shes amazing.. Its a wonder how she can bond with a creature such as a chimpanzee so wonderfuly.. Its amazing that shes still alive today and I marvle at her work. She is a great person with a strong heart. I’m glad she opened humans eyes to see that everything liveing in the world has a perpose and can Think/feel and have emotions. I hope to do more reserch on Jane for my project sooooo Wish me luck and to Other fans of Goodalls make shure to soport her.. She realy needs it.. And Jane. Keep up the good work and Keep inspireing Kids and Adults in the world.
~Jade.

#56

Hi! I am posting this comment to say that I chose to do a report on Jane Goodall in school for a Night of Notables project. It would be really great if I could get some information on her.
Jane- if you are reading this, I just want to say that I think you are really amazing!

#57

Jane-if you are reading this, it would be really great if you could e-mail me and give me some information on yourself for my project(or a letter-that would be awesome, too!)Bye!

#58

I am Jane Goodall’s biggest fan!

#59

Dear Jane Goodall,
If u are reading this i just wanted to let u know that i think what u have done is completely amazing it is nice to know that there is someone out there in the world lyk u r! also i have choosen u to be my topic for history! if my project is good enough to even go to state i would have to owe it all to u! ok i just wanted to say a couple words to let u know how i feel bub by!!!:))

#60

oh and p.s. it would be reallllllllyyyyyy nice if u could possibly send me a email or letter about yourself i mean i already know alot about u but i cant really trust the internet so it would b pretty cool to get it from the one and only jane goodall! Please and thankyou!!!!!!!!!

#61

u rock i love monkeys

#62

cool…

#63

i am doing my project on u

#64

im in 6th grade and i have 2 do a project its so much fun cause a looooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeee chimps and jane roxs
ps those poems are stupid

#65

omg I MOSTLY HAVE THE SAME NAME AND B-DAY MY B-DAY IS APRIL 2

#66

Jane Goodall is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool omg im in 6th grade too and im doing my project on her too! OMG! I hope we aren’t all in the same class Jane ROXS!

#67

I’m just finishing my report on you. I love chimps like you. I’m in 5th grade.

#68

Chimp girl’s kinda OK, i just hav to do a project on her for science.

#69

lololololololololololol teehee haha hehe hoho lalalalala XD

#70

lololololololololololol teehee haha hehe hoho lalalalala XD

#71

We saw a movie about Jane Goodall and I loved it! She is so cool! I can’t believe that she could learn so much about chimpanzees that nobody else knew!

#72

yuoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooock
Jane

#73

yo im doing a report on this chick and its like she’s done heaps in her life.
‘Nice job :)

#74

I gotta do a project on you…for woman’s history month…i wanted to be picked to research you soo badly!That’s how special you are…..oh well,. Keep up the good work!

#75

P.S.-I would really like it if you, to, would e-mail me telling me about your life. It would really work on my project…thanks!
-Caitlin

#76

I LOVE JANE!!!!!! she is my idol a want to go to usc for zoology, she is a great person
may god bless her

#77

Animals Are So Cute! I Want One When I Grow Up! I Love You Jane!!!!

#78

I admire the way Jane think of animals.

#79

I Like Animals Too. You Are Awsome

#80

wow i did a history on you for a prject and let me say u inspire me to go around the world and also help
out the natures creaters i also got an A on my project it was awesome especailly of how you will try
to get along with them knoeing the werent creaters

#81

I am doing a report on you feb 2009

#82

I am doing a report on you feb 2009

#83

i love you…a lot
;)

#84

Jane goodall loox like a chimp……….

#85

jane goodall rocks!!! so many kids are doing a sciens report obaut you. are science teacher wants you to come but what ever. could you just E-Mail my thanks.

#86

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook

#87

Where are you now?

#88

dear jane goodall
hey im doing a history report about you do you think that you can help help me

#89

you go girl!

#90

i am doing a assingment on you and you sound amzing you think you could help me out i am in year 7

#91

hey jane im doing a presuasive speech on u
an if i did not tell u you rock

#92

I need your help for a research paper please…I dont think i can finish without your perspective!p

#93

i really love the work that u do with the Chimpanzees that is really cool and awesome! i would love to do that but Africa is to far. thank u for r work
love carolyn

#94

JANE GOODALL YOU AND STEVE IRWIN (with God right now) are my HEROES!

#95

i love reading about her studying them, and how she made/is making such a big impact in science!! when i get older and study animals i hope i am as good as you jane goodall!!

#96

Hi I am Leah a 9 year old girl who is doing a book reaport on you and I am so exited thanks for beaing a good roalmodl Love Leah Berstein

#97

you are sooo awesome i love chimps!!!

#98

Jane Goodall is awesome im doing a repot on her

#99

u r duh bomb Jane

#100

Jane is the coolest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#101

OMG…. We are learning about you in school and you are amazing to the chips. how you gave them the bannas with the vaxing in it for polio. I like your video and hope to go to the Island you went too.:] I hope you enjoy your birthday on April 3 ed

Ashley :)

#102

I love Jane Goodgall…………

#103

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

#104

Jane is a hero for me. I met her two times. IN may 2009 she comes to Holland and i’ll meet her again. I’m a volunteer of the Jane Goodall Institute in Holland. it is wonderful to do something for her and for the Chimpanzees.

#105

wow

#106

i love you…..

#107

how did you become a scientest

#108

I respect her very much!
and my english teacher said me “you must hand in the report about jane goodall “

#109

Hello Jane goodall. i think ur a great woman and u are a wonderful role model to people of all ages. I am a Freshman at Eagle High School and i am doing a report on how u have helped the chimpanzees out so much and i look up to u for that. u are a very interesting observer and i hope that u will discover something new sometime soon.

<3 Always/ Yvette Lupercio

#110

you rock and i have 2 do a project on jane goodall!!

#111

Jane Goodall’s help to the ape community won’t go unrecognized

#112

nice!/!?!?!?!?!?!

#113

That pic is soooo cute. It shows a mothers love!

#114

My 10 year old daughter randomly chose Jane Goodall for a biography report in her 4th grade class. She just “loves” monkeys and thinks they are “so cute”. She didn’t put much effort into the report at first (always looking for the easy way out!)but once she started paying attention and realized what Jane’s cause is all about, she saw herself through Jane’s story and ended up writing a 4 pg. report, even though only 1 page was required… Thank you for inspiring my daughter (and the rest of the world, too!)

#115

Hi Jane,
I am a 17 year old student attending Saint John High school. You happen to be not only my role modle but my hero. Like you I live animals expecialy the chimps. I wish to maintain a career in africa to work with animals and people. I love you and your work.

Thanks

#116

i’m 13, why are there like seven year olds doing this projects,lol . Janes Cool,also because the assignment about her was shorter to do :P

#117

dear, Jane goodwell my name is sydni i have been learning about you and your chupanzies. And my sisster wants to help the chanpanzies like you and i think your cool with chanpanzies.I heard that you sit there waiting to let the chanpanzies for hours and days.OOh AND HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY

#118

heyyyyyyy :D
soo wats beeen happenen with ur apes??
I LOVEE YOUU MANNNN AND URRR APPESSS

can u anme one aftre meee?? pleaaseee

xxo lve u babe

#119

Jane ur so awesome i love Chimpanzees 2
i love too hear you do 2
I’m doing a Report on you i Tech, ELA, amd Science so im doing the est i can

#120

jane goodall is the best ever she is my roll moadal.

#121

Im so glad that there’s someone in the world like you!!! i think more people should be like you. Im doing a school project on you and Im soooooooo happy I got you!!! and not Albert Eienstein or someone like that. I love you you rock!!!!!!!!

#122

You are AMAZING Jane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I chose you right away for a biotechnology project! I can’t imagine the world without you. REALLY, I can’t.

#123

im doing you for my la project you enspier me sooo much I LOVE YA!!!!!!

#124

hey sup i love you u inspired me so much that im doing a biography report on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#125

yeh i love monkeys 2 thats so cool but what made u want to discover chimpanzees y not discover a different animal but instead u chose chimpanzees

#126

Hey!I’m doing a biography on you.Can you help me?

#127

P.S. I Love You!Your awsome!

#128

You, Jane Goodall are an inspiration! I have been looking up to since I was a little girl. The reason I am on this website, which sadly I did not know existed, is because I have picked to be you in our history fair and honestly cant wait to be portraying someone with such determination and thoughtfulness as you.

#129

Hi.Im doing a report on you and I need help.

#130

i love all animals so thats good that you can bond with them so early

#131

jane goodall is the best and you go girl how you ani’t scared of those wild chimpanzees

#132

Hi.Im in third grade in Missrior and Im doing a report on you.

#133

i love jane goodall monkeys r soooooooooooooooooo cute

#134

what got you interested in chimpanzees?

#135

you rock im doing a science project on you and what you did to make history

#136

i think that she is cool :D 3 *

#137

hey I’m doing a research project debating on to either be a zoologist or a veterinarian, and I need someone to interview so I’m looking around for zoologists that could possibly help me. I am very interested in working in this field and can’t wait for the opportunity to learn as much as I possibly can about all the wonderful creatures.

#138

Jane yuo are soooooo coooool!!! I think yuo are awsome!!! I did my fourth grade project and now my sixth!

#139

Jane Goodall You are my insparation. I strive for peace, helping the enviroment and espectally animals. In school im known as the girl who really loves you. I really think ur awesome. Im just not some other kid who knows kinda your name. I know lots about u. Hope you no that
<3 Maddie

#140

you are such a good scientists

#141

Jane Goodal Im doing a bio project and i used u are you still aliveeee???
IF So how old are you?

#142

i am doing a project on JANE GOODALL

#143

I am a huge fan of Jane Goodall!
For school we had to do a speech on who we most admire, I did my speech on Jane of course and got 19/2 out of 20! I was so proud of it.
I admire Jane very much and love the work she is doing. Also I was born on the year of the monkey, lol, so I myself act like one at times. I am an avid lover of monkeys, theyre my favourite animal, all apes have such an amazing personality and are quite entertaining to watch on the Discovery channel, when I watch it with my mum we laugh at the vast similarities the chimps have to our family!
Keep up he great work Jane.
Much Love xox
Jenny

#144

Hi Jane! You are awesome! Im writing a Blipliography on you right now! Youre ike my, … hero!

#145

Hi everybody! This is Jane Goodall. My chimps and I are doing very well. And Maddie, yes I am still alive.

#146

You are crazy jane goodall i couldn’t do that even if i was dared to !!!! ;)

#147

i love animals they are sooooooooooooo awsome!!!!!!! you too Jane Goodall!!!!!! you are da best!!!!!!!!!!!

#148

I love animals and saving the environment! im a vegetarian. U rock Jane!

#149

I am doing a report on her she is so amazing

#150

You are such an amazing person. I love studying the research you have done. it’s truely amazing. I am doing a powerpoint of your research. And I have read some interesting things about you. Anyways i amin the 6th grade, and i just want you to know that you are truely amazing!!!

#151

Jane you flippin awsome =)

#152

i like how you are doing with chipazees now i am researching on you for my school project. I would like to be like you but.. i am afraid of wild animals so… Good Luck!!

#153

You are the best, Jane Goodall! I just love how you are so tolerant about animals, and I want to help them out too! Plus, I want to be a great author like you are, and even though I’m only 11-yrs-old, I’m planning on publishing a fictional novel of my own (with animal characters) with the aid of many teachers. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I’m a big fan of you and wildlife. Good-bye!

#154

U r so alwsome. U r inspiring. I luv the way who take care of the chimps in Africa.
Luv ya

#155

jane,
you are so awesome! and what you do is great, i really hope i can do something like that….i want to go to africa and always have, but now i want to even more. your books are sooooooo good, and i did a speech on u for english and everyone liked it.
ceeeya xxx
i hope to do something like you one day! thanks.

#156

i pretty much love jane goodall. <3

#157

I like FiFi best beacause she is a good mom.You ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#158

I love what you do for a living jane goodall you are my inspiration I want to be just like you and I want to be a naturelist just like you I did want to be a vet but I didn’t want to put animals to sleep even if it meant they wouldn’t have to suffer because I wouldn’t know if thats what they would want and then I heard about you and what you did and I wanted to be a naturelist and help animals because I wanted a job that would help animals or people then I started thinking that people have everything but animals don’t have much because people take their enviroment and thats not right.

#159

It lifts my heart to know that there’s someone out there that can bond so easily with Chimpanzees and is working so passionately to save them. Thank You Jane Goodall!

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