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Jane Goodall has died

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Re: Jane Goodall has died

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Post by kulahan »

Cuuugi wrote: post #32
alsetmusic wrote: post #22

That's sad news. She completely changed the way we thought about primate intelligence. Fun fact: she really liked the Far Side cartoon about her. https://static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/...

The full saga is humourous. from wiki. Gary Larson cartoon incident One of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons shows two chimpanzees grooming. One finds a blonde human hair on the other and inquires, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"[114] Goodall herself was in Africa at the time. The Jane Goodall Institute thought the cartoon was in bad taste and had its lawyers draft a letter to Larson…

Everyone's fighting for Jane Goodall but Jane Goodall apparently

Re: Jane Goodall has died

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

Sad to read this. But also a long life well used and, I hope, well lived. As well as helping us to understand some of our companions on this planet, she helped us humans to see ourselves more clearly too.

Re: Jane Goodall has died

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Post by aiauthoritydev »

Sad day. Some of these folks dedicate their lives to otherwise thankless job/work with such dedication has always made me feel so positive about humanity in general I do understand when religious people do it but Goodall like people are modern day sages.

Re: Jane Goodall has died

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Post by xorbax »

kulahan wrote: post #51
Cuuugi wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The full saga is humourous. from wiki. Gary Larson cartoon incident One of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons shows two chimpanzees grooming. One finds a blonde human hair on the other and inquires, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"[114] Goodall herself was in Africa at the time. The Jane Goodall Institute thought the cartoon was in bad taste and had its lawyers draft a letter to Larson…

Everyone's fighting for Jane Goodall but Jane Goodall apparently

Why do you say that? I'm not sure how that follows.

Re: Jane Goodall has died

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Post by pnw »

Sad news. She lived an amazing life. I'll never forget seeing her and Nathan Myhrvold greet each other like chimps at a book signing in Seattle.

Re: Jane Goodall has died

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Post by aethrum »

mapmeld wrote: post #7

I really appreciated her speaking to young people, even riding the NYC subway for the first time to record "Subway Takes" last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAkwo6JPV00 She also was speaking on a panel just a week ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df0GWlZm3gk

crazy how you can just be this alive one year and then dead the next. I get 91 is old, but still

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Post by rmason »

She last appeared in Detroit at the Fisher theatre just three weeks ago. Knew some folks who attended and they raved about her one person show. Thought I might catch her next time she's there. But I didn't realize how old she was or I might have made it more of a priority. She was pretty high energy for someone in their nineties.

Re: Jane Goodall has died

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Post by AdmiralAsshat »

dmd wrote: post #44
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In 1988, when Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania,[115] he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo. That last sentence is missing from the Wikipedia page. What is the source on it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Side#Jane_Goodall_cart...

It's mentioned here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasakela_chimpanzee_community

Jesus! Frodo sounds like a bastard.

> Frodo's aggression was not limited to colobus monkeys and other chimpanzees. In May 2002, he killed a 14-month-old human child that the niece of a member of the research team had carried into his territory.[61] As a result, the Tanzanian National Parks Department considered killing Frodo.[61] In 1988, he attacked visiting Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson, leaving him bruised and scratched.[61] Frodo had a history of attacking the researchers observing him; Goodall was attacked by Frodo on multiple occasions and, in 1989, the ape beat her head so violently her neck was nearly broken.[61]

Re: Jane Goodall has died

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Post by bostonpete »

aiauthoritydev wrote: post #54

Sad day. Some of these folks dedicate their lives to otherwise thankless job/work with such dedication has always made me feel so positive about humanity in general I do understand when religious people do it but Goodall like people are modern day sages.

Not sure “thankless” really applies here. She enjoyed a sort of celebrity status for the past 40-50 years and was universally loved.
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