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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Thu Feb 13, 2014, 09:33 AM Feb 2014

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6/20/2013 Jane Goodall released a chimp into a sanctuary.(WARNING-2 graphic photos):

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Sweet.....

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6/20/2013 Jane Goodall released a chimp into a sanctuary.(WARNING-2 graphic photos): (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 OP

wow...beautiful! Tripper11 Feb 2014 #1

A chimp is an Ape mikeysnot Feb 2014 #9

Not all of them. aikoaiko Feb 2014 #18

A chimp is an ape. mikeysnot Feb 2014 #20

Yes, a chimp is an ape, but not all monkeys have tails. aikoaiko Feb 2014 #23

New world, you had to go to another continent to make a point. mikeysnot Feb 2014 #24

Thank you. I am happy now. aikoaiko Feb 2014 #26

Good! mikeysnot Feb 2014 #28

Perhaps they migrated jberryhill Feb 2014 #31

I lost it on that hug. What a touching story. eom Frustratedlady Feb 2014 #2

I hope she gets her birthday present this year. 80 years old this year. That HUG!! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #3

Wow. Rex Feb 2014 #4

thanks for sharing it BootinUp Feb 2014 #5

+1000 for Jane and all the great research she has done! blackspade Feb 2014 #6

i think jane goodall is one of the luckiest people on the planet. mopinko Feb 2014 #7

That hug brought tears The Blue Flower Feb 2014 #8

Really moving. Off to go make a donation... nt riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #10

That was sweet. (Why did I think she had passed away recently???) closeupready Feb 2014 #11

I think my heart just grew two sizes. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #12

K&R Coyotl Feb 2014 #13

K&R n/t Dalai_1 Feb 2014 #14

Graphic indeed. Thank you for the post Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #15

I'm sitting here crying - sweet. 840high Feb 2014 #16

What a wonderful woman! UtahLib Feb 2014 #17

Thank you, now I must clear something in me arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #19

On a tangent: one of these days I'd like to see a film that talks to the guys in the background JHB Feb 2014 #21

I thought of that also, JHB... Johnyawl Feb 2014 #22

It is strange Nolimit Feb 2014 #25

Not background, the Africans are there to do the work.. Johnyawl Feb 2014 #33

That is a life well lived. aikoaiko Feb 2014 #27

Magnificent malaise Feb 2014 #29

That hug was precious! It wasn't just an ordinary hug. It was meant to say goodbye as Auntie Bush Feb 2014 #30

Inspiring and Amazing People democratisphere Feb 2014 #32

Tripper11

(4,338 posts)

1. wow...beautiful!

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 09:41 AM

Feb 2014

The way that chimp looked at Jane and immediately gave her a big huge hug.

I want a big huge monkey hug!!!

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

9. A chimp is an Ape

Reply to Tripper11 (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:53 AM

Feb 2014

not a monkey. Monkey's have tails...

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)

18. Not all of them.

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #9)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 01:56 PM

Feb 2014

Some new world monkeys like macaques dont

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

20. A chimp is an ape.

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #18)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 03:45 PM

Feb 2014

I stand by that and so do the facts... you are correct about macaques... but the are an exception to the rule.

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)

23. Yes, a chimp is an ape, but not all monkeys have tails.

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #20)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 04:20 PM

Feb 2014

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

24. New world, you had to go to another continent to make a point.

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #23)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 06:39 PM

Feb 2014

I should have said "African monkey have tails"
Happy now...

And a Chimp is still an APE per the OP!

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)

26. Thank you. I am happy now.

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #24)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 06:54 PM

Feb 2014

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

28. Good!

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #26)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 07:06 PM

Feb 2014

I didn't want you mad at me...

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

31. Perhaps they migrated

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #24)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 07:25 PM

Feb 2014

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

2. I lost it on that hug. What a touching story. eom

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 09:58 AM

Feb 2014

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

3. I hope she gets her birthday present this year. 80 years old this year. That HUG!!

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:05 AM

Feb 2014

Rex

(65,616 posts)

4. Wow.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:22 AM

Feb 2014

That was amazing. Got something in my eyes now...dam onions.

BootinUp

(47,162 posts)

5. thanks for sharing it

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:32 AM

Feb 2014

Sometimes us humans aren't so bad.

blackspade

(10,056 posts)

6. +1000 for Jane and all the great research she has done!

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:56 AM

Feb 2014

mopinko

(70,120 posts)

7. i think jane goodall is one of the luckiest people on the planet.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:28 AM

Feb 2014

what a life you have made for yourself, woman. damn.
congratulations.

The Blue Flower

(5,442 posts)

8. That hug brought tears

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:43 AM

Feb 2014

Thanks for sharing.

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

10. Really moving. Off to go make a donation... nt

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:55 AM

Feb 2014

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

11. That was sweet. (Why did I think she had passed away recently???)

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:58 AM

Feb 2014

(Thank God she didn't, lol.)

K&R

cinnabonbon

(860 posts)

12. I think my heart just grew two sizes.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:59 AM

Feb 2014

Awww, that hug.

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

13. K&R

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 12:15 PM

Feb 2014

Dalai_1

(1,301 posts)

14. K&R n/t

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 12:26 PM

Feb 2014

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

15. Graphic indeed. Thank you for the post

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 12:44 PM

Feb 2014

840high

(17,196 posts)

16. I'm sitting here crying - sweet.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 12:45 PM

Feb 2014

UtahLib

(3,179 posts)

17. What a wonderful woman!

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 01:51 PM

Feb 2014

I can't imagine a more rewarding life.

arthritisR_US

(7,288 posts)

19. Thank you, now I must clear something in me

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 02:19 PM

Feb 2014

eye ...

JHB

(37,160 posts)

21. On a tangent: one of these days I'd like to see a film that talks to the guys in the background

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 03:54 PM

Feb 2014

The guys who ride in the back of the truck and lug the cage around. Is it just a job? A sense that what their doing is important? A bit of both?

They have opinions too.

Johnyawl

(3,205 posts)

22. I thought of that also, JHB...

Reply to JHB (Reply #21)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 04:17 PM

Feb 2014

...When the chimp was sitting on top of the crate, and one of the men was stroking the chimps head. Even if you took the job because it was the best job available (as many of us do), how could you not become attached, and feel that you're contributing to a greater good?

It would be interesting to hear what they had to say.

Nolimit

(142 posts)

25. It is strange

Reply to JHB (Reply #21)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 06:52 PM

Feb 2014

Yeah I thought the same thing as I watched. The brunette woman pushes that one man so she could be in camera frame, seems kind of rude. I think in nearly every documentary or show about Africa I've seen, the Africans are just kind of there as background.

Johnyawl

(3,205 posts)

33. Not background, the Africans are there to do the work..

Reply to Nolimit (Reply #25)

Fri Feb 14, 2014, 06:07 PM

Feb 2014

...the euro/americans are there to talk to the camera.

Jane Goodall has done spectacular work, but would there be a TV audience if her replacement (she's 80) was an African man? Would there be the same level of finacial support from Europe and North America?

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)

27. That is a life well lived.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 07:00 PM

Feb 2014

malaise

(269,038 posts)

29. Magnificent

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 07:07 PM

Feb 2014

Thanks Grits - wipes eye.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)

30. That hug was precious! It wasn't just an ordinary hug. It was meant to say goodbye as

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 07:20 PM

Feb 2014

she turned and started walking away. Funny how she knew she was free and didn't bolt into the trees. She didn't try to run away but felt free and safe in their company. Thanks, very touching video. I wonder how many chimps Goodall actually ended up saving?

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

32. Inspiring and Amazing People

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 08:18 PM

Feb 2014

Jane Goodall and her associates worked miracles for this chimp. Thank you for posting this Thread Are_grits_groceries. This post made my day!!

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