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there was wonderful news.

Flo gave birth to a son.

I called him Flint.

When Flint was born it gave

Hugo and I the opportunity to

initiate a study that could

last 50 years.

And it was the first time

an infant chimpanzee and the

relationship between parent

and child could be observed

so closely in the wild.

As a mother Flo was

affectionate,

tolerant, and nurturing

and used distraction

rather than punishment

to teach her small infant.

Fifi soon became

utterly preoccupied

with her infant brother.

She tried to handle him.

But Flo very gently

prevented her.

Eventually though as soon as

she was allowed she played

with him, groomed him,

and carried him around.

Indeed, she became a

real help to her mother.

What was it

about Flo that you admired?

- Well, she was all things

that a chimp mother should be.

She was protective, but

not over protective.

She was affectionate, she was

playful, but being supportive.

That was the key and of course

that is what my mother was.

She supported me.

And there is no question that

those close contacts with

Flo and her family were very

important to my own development.

It was just so amazing to have

this sort of relationship.

Together, the chimpanzees

and the birds and the insects,

the teeming life

of the vibrant forest,

formed one whole.

All part of the great mystery.

And I was part of it too.

All the time, I was

getting closer to animals

and nature and as a result,

closer to myself and more

in tune with the spiritual

power that I felt all around.

I thought, as I have so

often since, what an amazing

privilege it was to be utterly

accepted thus by a

wild, free animal.

-Truth is stranger than

fiction and fiction can be

transformed into prophecy.

Here we have a perfect example

of that evolution, with this

lovely English lady called

Jane and likewise traded her

comfortable home in England

for the primitive life of the

African wilderness

among the African apes.

And now I give myself

the rewarding pleasure

of presenting to you

Miss Jane Goodall.

David Graybeard is

a chimpanzee who has put

his complete trust in man.

Surely it's up to us to see

that at least some of these

nearly human creatures survive

in their natural habitat.

- Jane Goodall tall,

blonde and beautiful.

Jane Goodall living

with the chimpanzees in

the wilds of Africa...

I was the

Geographic covergirl.

And people said well my

fame was due to my legs.

Well, I mean, it was so

stupid, it didn't bother me.

It was really very useful

because by this time I was

needing to raise money myself,

so I made use of it.

Hugo and

I successfully applied

for additional funding,

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