Jane Goodall
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You feel you're dealing with a whole lot of people actually.
So, yeah, I get mad at him and I try to avoid him.
I mean, the others are just the same wonderful chimps.
And I think if I was there all the time, this problem would go away.
And there is something in the chimps' makeup that even if it's another chimp, a long separation is likely to lead to aggression when the two chimps meet again.
And not only using it as a tool, but actually making tools, which is the real breakthrough.
It was a piece of grass, and it was being used by a chimpanzee whom I'd named David Greybeard.
And when I saw him squatting on this termite mound and using this piece of grass as a tool and then picking a leafy twig and stripping the leaves off, thus making the object suitable to fish for termites, I actually was so excited I couldn't believe it.
And I wouldn't let myself get too worked up until I'd actually seen it again on another day.
Because it seemed so unlikely and I didn't have a very clear view.
Describe a little bit more how he was using this grass as a tool.