50 Years at Gombe
- Kind
- Book
- Date
- 2010-10-01
- Publisher
- Stewart, Tabori and Chang
- Retrieved
- Jan 1, 2012
- ISBN
- SNgWQwAACA
2 memes from this reference
The Origin of the Name "Roots and Shoots"
The name is symbolic. The first pale roots and shoots of a germinating seed look so tiny and fragile; it's hard to believe it can grow into a big tree. Yet there is so much life force in that seed that the roots can work their way through boulders to reach the water, and the shoot can work its way through cracks in a…
The Story of Flo, an Aging Chimpanzee Mother
Flo, inevitably, began to show her age. She wasn't strong enough to wean Flint when the time came, nor to care for her new infant Flame, born when Flint was only four and a half years old (the normal birth interval is five years or more). Flame disappeared during a time when Flo was too ill even to climb into a nest…