Jane Goodall

In fact, we found out later that she was known as the White Witch Doctor.

And, of course, this was tremendously helpful in establishing friendly, good relationships with the local people, and those have remained ever since.

She was with me about, it was between three and four months.

And by that time, the local authorities realized that, you know, it was okay and I was going to be all right.

And I had a staff by then.

I had a cook and a boat driver.

And I'd made friends with the local people.

And they said, all right, you can stay.

No, they used to run away.

The first moment they saw me, they would depart into the undergrowth, and it was very frustrating.

But gradually, from an open, rocky peak overlooking two valleys, one on the north and one on the south,

Using my binoculars, wearing the same coloured clothes every day, they got used to this queer, white-skinned ape who'd appeared so surprisingly in their midst, and so gradually I was able to get closer and closer and learn ever more about their fascinating behaviour.

He was fantastic.

That was David Greybeard.

And I probably owe more to him than any other chimp throughout these long 33 years.

For some reason, he had a particularly calm and trusting disposition.

Of course, every chimpanzee has his or her own totally individual personality, just like we do.

And David, instead of running off, would just sit and calmly continue what he was doing.

It was David who one day arrived in my camp to feed on the ripe fruits of the oil nut palm growing there.

And while he was there, he saw some bananas lying on the table and he took those.