If plants could be credited with reasoning powers, we would marvel at the imaginative ways they bribe or … - Jane Goodall

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I'm identifying with the underdog. And it makes totally sense to me.

Jane Goodall

If plants could be credited with reasoning powers, we would marvel at the imaginative ways they bribe or ensnare other creatures to carry out their wishes.

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I started as - well, I wanted to be Poet Laureate. And I wanted to be a naturalist. That's how I began. I didn't have any desire to go and be a scientist. Louis Leakey channeled me there. I'm delighted he did. I love science. I love analyzing and making sense of all these observations. So, it was the perfect rounding off of who I was into who I am.

Delighted, Desire, Naturalist, Perfect, Science, Who I Am

It's the bond between mother and child, which is really for us and for chimps and other primates, the root of all the expressions of social behavior.

Children, Chimps, Expression, Expressions, Mother, Root

It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of primitive human warfare.

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There isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. All the time, we find animals doing things that, in our arrogance, we thought were just human.

Animal, Animals, Arrogance, Human, Lines, Things

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

Believe, Greater, Power, Spiritual, Strong

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