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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Online content for Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees was originally posted March 1996.
I love monkeys/ chimpanzees and how she can bond with them so easly
u rock jane goodall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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.
you are my hero for a 4H paper and learning about you has been a life changing experience
you are awsome my grandmother loves u so much and is glad we have someone lik u in our world.
you are a very smart person
You people are so weird making those poems. they dont rhyme!
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
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
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
I am doing research on you for school and so far you are awsome!!!!! Oh and i love animals to!
Jane goodall thanks for helping us out u rock!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those chimps are so cool
YOU OWN JANE GOODALL!
Wow!Thnx for rhelping hte chimps u rock ou loud!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
london style
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 ,,
?!?!? JANE?!?! scary? no way. i look up 2 her.
i’m doing u for my history day project. You Rock~!!!
monkeys/ chimpanzees are so cute! i wish i could b like u
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!!!
Jane goodall is alive and is 74 years old today.She is a woman of history.she is a primatologist.
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!
She’s a very impressive lady.
i think ur sexy <33
I love monkies, fudge, and swearing! Go JANE!
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?
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi LOVE YIU
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.
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.
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
Chimps should awlays be protected Go Jane!!!!
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
I LOVE ANIMALS THEY ROCK!!!!!!!!!
animals are my hole life i have always loved them and always will i love you jane goodall
Wow I really like chimpanzees and think their really cute! I wish I was Jane Goodall! She rocks!
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!!!
i am doing a speech on jane goodall u rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your a insporation to me
awesome u rock!!!
so cute i love it!!!!!!! they are so cute and cuddley
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!!!!!
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….. =]
and i like the picture is so good and pette….
we (me and mxiong) need information about you for our history day project!
monkeys rock
Hey ur great and I can’t believe we have people like you in our world!!!!!!!
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
Jane Goodall is my idol!!! you are the best! I hope I can meet you someday!
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!
I am Jane Goodall’s biggest fan!
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!!!:))
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!!!!!!!!!
u rock i love monkeys
cool…
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
omg I MOSTLY HAVE THE SAME NAME AND B-DAY MY B-DAY IS APRIL 2
lololololololololololol teehee haha hehe hoho lalalalala XD
lololololololololololol teehee haha hehe hoho lalalalala XD
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!
yuoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooock
Jane
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
I LOVE JANE!!!!!! she is my idol a want to go to usc for zoology, she is a great person
may god bless her
Animals Are So Cute! I Want One When I Grow Up! I Love You Jane!!!!
I admire the way Jane think of animals.
I Like Animals Too. You Are Awsome
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
i love you…a lot
;)
Jane goodall loox like a chimp……….
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.
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook
Where are you now?
dear jane goodall
hey im doing a history report about you do you think that you can help help me
you go girl!
i am doing a assingment on you and you sound amzing you think you could help me out i am in year 7
hey jane im doing a presuasive speech on u
an if i did not tell u you rock
I need your help for a research paper please…I dont think i can finish without your perspective!p
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
JANE GOODALL YOU AND STEVE IRWIN (with God right now) are my HEROES!
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!!
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
you are sooo awesome i love chimps!!!
Jane Goodall is awesome im doing a repot on her
u r duh bomb Jane
Jane is the coolest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 :)
I love Jane Goodgall…………
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!
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.
wow
i love you…..
how did you become a scientest
I respect her very much!
and my english teacher said me “you must hand in the report about jane goodall “
Jane Goodall’s help to the ape community won’t go unrecognized
nice!/!?!?!?!?!?!
That pic is soooo cute. It shows a mothers love!
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!)
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
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
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
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
jane goodall is the best ever she is my roll moadal.
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.
im doing you for my la project you enspier me sooo much I LOVE YA!!!!!!
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
Hey!I’m doing a biography on you.Can you help me?
P.S. I Love You!Your awsome!
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.
i love all animals so thats good that you can bond with them so early
jane goodall is the best and you go girl how you ani’t scared of those wild chimpanzees
i love jane goodall monkeys r soooooooooooooooooo cute
what got you interested in chimpanzees?
i think that she is cool :D 3 *
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.
Jane yuo are soooooo coooool!!! I think yuo are awsome!!! I did my fourth grade project and now my sixth!
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
you are such a good scientists
Jane Goodal Im doing a bio project and i used u are you still aliveeee???
IF So how old are you?
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
Hi Jane! You are awesome! Im writing a Blipliography on you right now! Youre ike my, … hero!
Hi everybody! This is Jane Goodall. My chimps and I are doing very well. And Maddie, yes I am still alive.
You are crazy jane goodall i couldn’t do that even if i was dared to !!!! ;)
i love animals they are sooooooooooooo awsome!!!!!!! you too Jane Goodall!!!!!! you are da best!!!!!!!!!!!
I love animals and saving the environment! im a vegetarian. U rock Jane!
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!!!
Jane you flippin awsome =)
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!!
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!
U r so alwsome. U r inspiring. I luv the way who take care of the chimps in Africa.
Luv ya
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.
i pretty much love jane goodall. <3
I like FiFi best beacause she is a good mom.You ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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!
Jane Goodall you are my hero i have admired you sense i was five that when i loved monkeys and apes. I still love them thank you for saving my favorite spicies. My favorite ape is the Orangatane thank you you are and always be my Hero.
Thanks to you, Jane Goodall, the world is slowly learning that such beautiful creatures should not be slaughtered mercilessly. I have a question for you, too: right now, there are a lot of children that have autism, and can’t communicate very well, and therefore may not be able to marry. Have you seen similar symptoms in chimpanzees? Thanks, Sarah :D
i am so glad you love monkeys, you and that monkey in that picture look AWESOME!:) i am so glad that you love the wild life and that you love to work with animals that is so cool geting to have a job like that. i am in the 6th grade and i have to do a poem about you i am excited!!!!!!!!!!!:) i hope you liked working with monkeys i love animals!!!!!:)
i love monkeys too. who deosnt love monkeys.
WHERE DO U FIND SOMETHING ON HER IMPACT TO THE WORLD
i dont love monkeys what are you gonna do bout it??lol:)
you are the best person that ever made history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! save the chapanzies geuis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. hi
some of u guys are really creepy…………..
i would like to work with you as Community worker to make sure the community realize the importants of chimpanzee and other animals around Kigoma and outside kigoma so as economic activities that hinder the animal be removed.i have a bachelor degree of community development
Jane Goodall your my hero. I would want to do that when I grow up. Your so great Im defenetly doing my science prodject on you. You rock, so keep it up.
I think is awsome how u can just go out in the wild and work and study wild monkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MONKEYZ ROX MI SOX!!!!!
I am happy Jane goodal saves chimps!!!!!!
you r such an a amazing person! im 9 and when I grow up I want to be animal worker just like you!!! you are a smart, great, person. SAVE THE CHIMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi my name is racquael and iam 12years old chimpanzees r my favoret animals!
I like your work
OMGEEEE i LIVE MONKEYS ! !! ! ! ! !
i am doin a 2 page paper on jane goodall
I am doing a paper on her for science!
am doing a essay on her discovery
Jane Goodall I love your movies! You are lucky.
Jane Goodall Rocks!!!! It’s that she cares about the well being for Chimps. A lot of people dont
Jane Goodall is my hero. She is the only person in the UNIVERSE who thinks about animals in the same way I do. Whenever I talk about my opinions even casually everyone else thinks I’m crazy. I said something about how I didn’t like how lab rats were treated, then someone stared at me and said, “whatever, it’s just a rat.” That made me so mad! Luckily I managed to keep my temper… I wish I had Jane Goodall’s patience, she is at peace with herself. I am not. I have a huge need to talk to her in person…
Chimpanzees are the best monkeys in the world. I love them!
Hello jane I really love monkeys and chimpanzees!!!! I wish I could meet you :) t b
Hi jane,
you are so cool! I wish I could meet you. I love you so much!!!
Jane,
Your amazing! This isn’t the first I’ve heard of you though, I watched you at your orphanage on Animal Planet. It takes a very kind, caring, and loving person to achieve what you have. You also have some very high standards for being the kindest person ever.
Thank you for your inspiration.
JANE U ROCK MY FRIEND IS REASEARCHING ABOUT YOU AND SHE LOVES U TOO!!!!! MY OTHER FRIEND MADE YOU HER ROLE MODEL
Jane I think that the way you studied Chimpanzees was very amazing i saw some videos at school and thought may be i would like to try that as wel.!!!!
am doing a biography on u and u rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My dear friend, Stephane came from Africa and he gave you his young female chimpanzee many years ago. I know he would love to hear from you about how his “baby girl” did in your care. I’m sure it was a wonderful life for her.
I love your work Jane. May I ask how in the world do you bond with chimpanzees so quick like that? Apparently these 38 years of work has really payed off! Signed
-DragonLord
Hello again Mrs. Goodall. I had a quick question for you. Do you think that having monkeys as pets is abbuse to them? Or would you agree with the whole idea of having a monkey as your pet?
Just wanted to know, Thanks DragonLord
Im writting a paper on you for English it is going to be 3 pages long atleast because that is what is required. You have inspired me so much. I love animals and I would save them just like you are. I would have to think that helping monkeys/chimpanzees would just be the coolest thing ever. If you have time if you would email me stuff about you so i can put it in my paper im writting. Thanks Volleyball.Forever
I am doing a projext for science class in the sixth grade.I have to dress in attire of that of Jane Goodall,and talk as though I am Jane Goodall.I was wanting to know what exactly the theory about chimpanzees was that Jane Goodall discovered.What was her theory on chimoanzees?
wow. this is amazing, wat you did for these animals. im doing a project w. my friend 4 science on u, and i can’t wait 2 get started. keep it up!
In class we have to do who we would like to meet and who is your hero.I picked you.What do you do on yur free time?
omg jane goodall is my role model
hi!!!
i love u so much jane goodall!!u r the best role model i would mention!!and i am doing an essay about you for my english essay writing..and im realy looking forward on doing a research about you..keep up jane!!WE LOVE YOU!!! : )
Jane Goodall u rock on i love u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jane you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your number #1 and your name is my middle name!!!!!!!!!!!!.am in second grade.
Hi! My young daughter wants to be a “monkey saver” when she grows up. She’s nursed this idea for almost two years. We are exploring various takes on this. Does Jane do any public speaking still? We are located in CT and wondered is she has any engagements scheduled for Boston or Connecticut that might be interesting for a 10 year old child. Do you have recommendations for colleges that have strong programs in primate studies or zoology?
Thank you for your time!
I am a big fan of you Jane Goodall!! I am doing a wax museum for my school. That means that I have to dress completely like you, and have to act like you! So could you maybe help me by just giving me some facts about you. I was looking for a lot about your childhood stories and your about your parents. If not it is o.k.
From your biggest fan, Katie
Hi um i was doing a writing paper and it has to be on a biologist and you are so nice and chips are the cutest things ever esspecially the ones with huge ears and small heads. What did you do in gombe to help the chimpanzees?
My teacher luvs jane goodall so im doing an autobiography on her. did u know that she has prospagnosia, its a disease that makes her not be able to recognize human faces.
happy b-day
Just curious what kind of volunteer opportunities there are with the center.
i just read one of your articles about chimpanzees and i thought you were a great writer and to talk about nature and animals that are so cute. chimpanzees are one of my favorite animals but i like dolphins and tigers and bears.
i really like what you do and i hope you become even more famous while you keep studying the life of great chimpanzees someday you’ll have your own company about studying fantastic animals i really love your work i wish you luck for your future one of your very interested fans in california, who likes animals, Zoey