Behavior Quote by Jane Goodall

Through my work with PETA, I have learned a great deal about chimpanzee behavior and the plight of chimpanzees imprisoned in laboratories.

— Woody Harrelson

It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of…

— Jane Goodall

“I love chimpanzees. I love their stubbornness and their strength. I love the way they dig their fingers into life and never let it…

— Vanessa Woods

I learned from my dog long before I went to Gombe that we weren't the only beings with personalities. What the chimps did was…

— Jane Goodall

Chimpanzees have very strong preferences and aversions that are completely personality-linked. The people who are unsuccessful in working with chimpanzees are those who take…

— Frans de Waal

When it comes to social interaction, the chimpanzees appear to be just as intelligent as we are.

— Frans de Waal

The chimpanzees could tear me apart in no time. They're many times stronger than we are.

— Frans de Waal

Even in chimps there is true altruistic behaviour; behaviour that doesn't fit into the sociobiological model that says you either help a close relative…

— Jane Goodall

“One way to try to answer the question “What makes us human?” is to ask “What makes us different from great apes?” or, to…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

The best relationship you can have with a chimpanzee is total mutual trust.

— Jane Goodall

There are beautiful examples of art done by chimpanzees in human care.

— Frans de Waal

“Watching our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees, is reading the first chapter of human-being’s adventures in this universe!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan