Wonderful news on TV4 today about Jane Goodall and her work with chimpanzees.
She listed two examples of memorable moments during her time with them:
- first one was when one of her chimpanzees who was especially shy to humans, who let her 5 month baby get close to Jane after which her baby touched Jane's nose!
- second when she gave a fruit to one of the chimpanzees (David). She was sitting next to David when she gave it to him, but David showed her that he did not want it. He finally took the fruit and dropped it on the ground, giving Jane a sharp look while squeezing her hand firmly.
This Jane said, was proof of the communication chimpanzees have and which is so similar to humans, dating back to 3-4 million years ago.
In conclusion, Jane has taught us how similar we are to the chimpanzees, even at the point of producing our own tools to use, which we before thought was something unique to humans.
Well, I agree!
These pictures were taken at Mariaplan on my way to work.
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