Hope meets Jane Goodall | Kidspiration.tv
Jul 18, 2016·Tap to summarize
When Jane Goodall was a young woman, she moved from England to Africa, to study the chimpanzees of Tanzania. She studied chimps by living with them and came to know them as individual creatures. Her methods changed the way scientists now observe other creatures' behavior. One of Dr. Goodall's most important discoveries was that other animals make and use tools, just like humans do. She watched the chimps take pieces of grass and poke them in ant holes. When the ants climbed on the stalk, the chimps pulled the grass out and had a snack of ants! In 1986, after years of research, Dr. Goodall left Tanzania to begin working to save chimpanzees, traveling about 300 days every year to visit schoolchildren and speak to groups around the world. She is a passionate advocate for all animals and emphasizes the interconnectedness of all life, while working with many different charities and animal-welfare groups. She founded the Jane Goodall Institute which supports the continuing research in Tanzania and the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. And she started a global organization for young people called Roots and Shoots, encouraging young people to get involved in changing the world for the better.
