Jane Goodall: Primatologist and Conservationist

Jane Goodall: Primatologist and Conservationist — page 7
Chimp Salad specific sounds She was able to identify grunts of pleasure while they were feeding or grooming and what she called pant hoots Wild chimps spend almost half of every day eating and Gombe provides a wide variety of food for them to eat Goodall found that chimps dine on termites and other insects as well as palm nuts fruit eggs berries and meat mainly monkeys bush pig bushbuck and other small mammals They also eat large quantities of vegetation often alternating bites of leaves with whatever else they're eating of excitement or warning In the early stages of her research making sense of chimp vocalizations was still very difficult 10 REDEFINING HUMAN Weeks passed and Goodall noticed the silver bearded male ambling or romping nearby with increasing frequency during her daily rambles It happened far too often to be mere accident Occasionally the chimp would look at her but mostly he only altered his path to pass within a few paces of her before he disappeared into the tall grass and forest vegetation Goodall began to notice other chimps examining her as well watching from high tree branches or peeping from behind leafy bushes Only the gray bearded chimp regularly approached close enough for her to see and describe his individual features and gestures Then in October almost at the end of her allotted time at Gombe Goodall witnessed a startling scene Early one morning