Baboons Quote by Anonymous

Among all researchers who have worked in the African field, I consider myself one of the most fortunate because of the privilege of having…

— Dian Fossey

I have made my home among the mountain gorillas.

— Dian Fossey

There was no way that I could explain to dogs, friends, or parents my compelling need to return to Africa to launch a long-term…

— Dian Fossey

Since Serengeti-scale savanna scenes are only one or two million years old, our earliest after-the-apes ancestors didn't move into this scene so much as…

— William H. Calvin

In the early '50s, my great-grandmother and grandfather raised a baby gorilla named Bobo who wore clothes and played with the neighborhood kids.

— Phil Elverum

Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over…

— Katherine Applegate

The great thing about this jungle of ours is that anyone of you could grow up to be Lord of the apes.

— Gary Larson

I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.

— Dian Fossey

“Up until the mid twentieth century the mountain gorilla was considered a myth. Oddly enough, a legend not unlike bigfoot or the loch ness…

— Maynard James Keenan

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know.

— Andy Serkis

Not only was it necessary to get the gorillas accustomed to the bluejeaned creature who had become a part of their daily lives, it…

— Dian Fossey

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

— Dian Fossey