Jane Goodall
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Well, he knocked me over and then he stamped on me and then he charged away and then, which he does to lots of people, but for some reason he charged back twice more and stamped and dragged and sort of cracked open, well, not cracked over my head, but I had a bleeding cut where he'd hit my head on a rock and a damaged ankle.
He's 130 pounds, the biggest chimp we've had there.
He's the top-ranking male now, and he is huge.
Well, theoretically, I think it's just chimp behavior.
But actually, you know, chimps are so like people.
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.