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Jane Goodall 1934–2025

Primatologist who studied chimpanzees at Gombe

We retrieved 1 post and 22 comments from u/janegoodall_official, all from 2017, most often in r/IAmA.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Dr. Jane Goodall, a scientist, conservationist, peacemaker, and mentor. AMA.”

Hi Dr. Goodall, My four year old loves reading. She asks what is your favorite book?

u/janegoodall_official replied

When I was growing up, what I read where the Doctor Dolittle books. I learned a great deal from those books. When I was ten years old I read "Tarzan." I was sad when he married the wrong Jane. It…

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When I was growing up, what I read where the Doctor Dolittle books. I learned a great deal from those books. When I was ten years old I read "Tarzan." I was sad when he married the wrong Jane. It was those books that directed me to grow up, go to Africa.

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