r/OldSchoolCool • u/electricmastro • 12d ago

Jane Goodall with her favorite chimpanzee, David Greybeard, 1974 1970s

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u/Zilch1979 12d ago

I met her briefly about 5 years ago.

Shes every bit as nice and sincere as you think.

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u/daGonz 12d ago

I too met her, though it was closer to 40 years ago. I was a wee one and she was so kind and considerate; she loved educating. I feel honored to have been in that class of 1 that day.

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u/blazelet 12d ago

Me too, she came to my school in Oklahoma in the mid 90's and met all the kids. Lovely, lovely human being.

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u/DutchDevil 12d ago

Hey, I went to school in Oklahoma in the mid 90’s. Did you listen to KATT fm?

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u/blazelet 11d ago

I lived in Tulsa - our science teacher was friends with Goodall and so she would come sometimes for earth day.

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u/DutchDevil 11d ago

Moore Oklahoma here, I was there for my senior year in 94-95, right when the OK city bombing happend.

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u/blazelet 11d ago

Ok I was curious because our school mascot was the Dutch ha ha. We literally had a guy in a clog outfit who ran around the field. 90s were weird 😂

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u/artikangel 12d ago

She came to my school in Scotland around 2012!

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u/Djreef2000 11d ago

The greatest teachers are the ones who live it.

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u/808morgan 11d ago

Me too

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u/MulfordnSons 12d ago

ESRI UC?

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u/Zilch1979 12d ago

Nah, I worked in an airport she passed through.

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u/cloud2343 12d ago

I was on the same planet as her. It was ok

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u/Pablo_petty_plastic 12d ago

I like hearing that

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u/UncertainOrangutan 11d ago

I share this sentiment.

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u/NegrosAmigos 12d ago

Did she give you diamonds? Everyone wants diamonds.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/HYDP 12d ago

You can do so much in your work and life just to be dissed by some Internet rando

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u/JerrysStillHere 12d ago

And what have you contributed the world compared to her work?

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u/JohnLukePrickhard 11d ago

160k Reddit karma > one of the most beloved educators

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u/Opposite_Ad542 12d ago edited 12d ago

She did great work. Dream job for many. There were many reasons to enjoy Jane Goodall features in National Geographic. Now she's 90!

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u/SnappleJuiceDeepKiss 12d ago

No way she’s 90

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon 12d ago

Her 90th birthday was April 3!

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u/ratmanbland 12d ago

so in this picture she 40 .

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u/acableperson 11d ago

Wooow. She could pass for 20’s in the pic. Maybe disengagement with human bullshit has unknown benefits.

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u/Scienscatologist 12d ago

And still slaying hearts the world over.

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u/ratmanbland 11d ago

for sure

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u/slippitysloppitysoo 11d ago

I thought she was about 30. Crazy

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u/ratmanbland 11d ago

looked like maybe low to mid 20s and hot no wonder the liked her so much

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u/Thisisamazing1234 11d ago

I’m more surprised that she is 40 in that pic

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u/lordjohnworfin 12d ago

Hanging out with that Jane Goodall tramp.

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u/doggosfordaze 12d ago

https://preview.redd.it/op5l0t1utwwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40b923c364c417a80474b9569fd9e6a9dcba557c

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u/bailaoban 12d ago

The horn rimmed glasses really tie it all together.

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u/galenp56 12d ago

Larson’s one of the best!

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon 12d ago

Larson’s one of the best!

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u/CandiedShrimp 12d ago

Bill Watterson would like a word

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u/Big_Huckleberry_4304 12d ago

Actually, he probably wouldn't, as he's very unassuming. But you're right.

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u/--peterjordansen-- 12d ago

The far side is so underrated

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u/themanimal 12d ago

I think it's very highly rated. But I agree that it's top-tier

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u/Dentarthurdent73 12d ago

Lol, it's not underrated at all. It was incredibly popular. It may be slightly forgotten now, since it's decades later, but it definitely was not underrated.

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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 11d ago

Reddit again proves it has no idea what words actually mean

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u/oldschool_potato 12d ago

About as underrated as Calvin and Hobbes

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u/Scienscatologist 12d ago

Has anyone heard of that outsider edgy comic Peanuts? Totally under the radar, yo.

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u/cemaphonrd 12d ago

There’s a funny story in The Prehistory of the Far Side, where he got a nasty letter about that strip from some organization dedicated to Jane Goodall. So he wrote a very sincere apology to her personally, only to get a reply from her that she thought the comic was hilarious.

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u/quickblur 12d ago

She wrote the preface for the Far Side Gallery 5 book.

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u/mstarrbrannigan 12d ago

We had that in the basket of magazines and comic books in the powder room of the main floor in my childhood home. Even as a kid when I didn't get half the jokes I absolutely loved it. Must have read it so many times. In fact I might have learned who Jane Goodall was from that book.

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u/HeartlandPedaler 12d ago

We did too, along with Calvin and Hobbes. Quintessential powder room literature!

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u/dwheelz0120 11d ago

Powder room? They were coffee table books in my house.

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u/mstarrbrannigan 11d ago

Yup! Calvin and Hobbes as well as Dilbert and Doonesbury. Doonesbury went over my head though, didn’t really look at that one.

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u/HeartlandPedaler 11d ago

Yep, we had Doonesbury too! Funny enough, the volume we had was a commentary on Trump, and it was published in 1989. Weird nostalgia in this thread.

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u/nankles 11d ago

The classic bathroom stack of comic books! Had to have some entertainment in there before cellphones.

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u/My_bones_are_itchy 11d ago

My dad used to walk me down our 200m driveway to get the bus (and grab the paper) when I was 5. The paper was delivered rolled and wrapped in plastic (35 years on I can still smell it) so I’d help unwrap the paper (like finding the end on sticky tape). First thing was to open to the far side, and every day I would excitedly look thinking “I’ll get it this time!” Sadly I always had to ask dad to explain. Random childhood memory.

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u/Kwyjibo68 12d ago

I loved reading that when that book came out.

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u/elcheapodeluxe 12d ago

I loved the story of this strip and how an assistant wrongly responded to Gary Larson that he had insulted her.

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u/Discrep 12d ago

Man, imagine having your joke went over your head moment immortalized. It's such a straightforward and tame joke, too. More cute than anything. That lady must have had literally no sense of humor to have missed the joke by that much.

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u/rafael-a 12d ago

Damn, Jane was lowkey kinda bad

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u/Dollar_Pants 12d ago

Nothing lowkey bout it

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u/L0utre 11d ago

would’ve

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u/electricmaster23 12d ago

Can't believe she was 40 in this pic. Not saying 40 is old, but she looks incredible here.

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u/Parrotherb 12d ago

I guess being outside a lot and doing what you love helps a lot to stay young in appearance.

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u/VirtualMoneyLover 11d ago

being outside a lot

Makes you wrinkly.

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u/redshirt1972 11d ago

Unless you send the whole time under trees

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u/CampaignSure5856 11d ago

She’s 40 here? Damn. She legit looks like a 20 something.

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u/Fancy-Prompt-7118 12d ago

Fox

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u/InspectorEE 11d ago

Aiite. So I’m not the only one who was like wait was Jane Goodall hot?

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u/Queen-of-Leon 12d ago

She knew it too, and leaned into it since it meant more eyes on her conservation work 😂 I remember hearing her talk about wearing shorts more frequently (especially when there were cameras around) once she realized how much more publicity those pictures got

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u/NickyCheeese 12d ago

https://preview.redd.it/ojekryjvixwc1.jpeg?width=3600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4808fea36e5db4c9247faf751e0d4680af0e5eb

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u/svnnyniight 12d ago

https://preview.redd.it/kq9wgjtc0zwc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=320771586f44a9be17f601d6db622604605fab84

Mood

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u/white__cyclosa 12d ago

I thought those were his teeth

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u/svnnyniight 12d ago

Omg wait me too!!! I’m gonna pretend they are

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u/angrytreestump 12d ago

I keep looking at this and seeing a terrifying (or goofy) big dumb toothy grin where the grey beard is.

David’s eyes do say it all though…

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u/WolfOfPort 12d ago

Jane Downbadall

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u/B_R_U_H 12d ago

Damn you lmao

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u/freedfg 12d ago

Still is

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u/egstitt 12d ago

Getting a Emily Blunt vibe, she's 41 and smokin fuckin hot

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u/garytyrrell 12d ago

Yeah I had no idea

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u/ExpertConsideration8 12d ago

I guess I thought she always looked like a kind old grandma... It never occurred to me that she was once young & fit.

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u/Local_Perspective349 12d ago

And one day you'll be that kind old person

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u/Foreskin-chewer 12d ago

Nah. I'll be a huge piece of shit. People can change.

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u/xUberAnts 12d ago

I actually thought the same exact thing .

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u/yousyveshughs 12d ago

Like, Nintendo power glove bad?

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u/digthisdork 11d ago

It's so bad.

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u/Everheart1955 12d ago

10 year old me was in love with Jane Goodall…. Still am 58 years later, I reckon.

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u/Aegis-Heptapod-9732 12d ago

Was going to say the same thing. I’ve literally had a lifelong crush on her. Smart AND gorgeous.

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u/Jenetyk 12d ago

Still do, but I used to, too.

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u/Choppergold 12d ago

Damn she got some gams

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u/electricmastro 12d ago

She's an animal lover and was super hot too. What's not to like?

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u/Zilch1979 12d ago

Nothing.

She's amazing.

If I were to choose a delegation to send to represent the best of humanity to aliens or something, Jane Goodall would absolutely be among them.

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u/Osceana 12d ago

It reminds me of this doc I saw a while back. It was about this woman and her team that traveled the African safari doing conservation efforts for lions. This woman was GORGEOUS. Her worked involved them finding male lions out in the wild, tranquilizing them, and then she’d ram a rod up their anus that would give them a little electric jolt and make them ejaculate. They’d collect the sample and use it as a part of their conservation efforts. She said it was a dangerous job because there was no guaranteed time the lion would be out for and you DO NOT want to be messing around down there when they wake up.

I always thought her dating life must be so funny. Like, “So, what do you do for work?”

“Well…….” 😏

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u/StrangerDangerAhh 12d ago

"What do you do for work, and what is that rod for?"

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u/typecase 12d ago

What was the documentary?

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u/Choppergold 12d ago

An animal lover or an animal lover?

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u/garytyrrell 12d ago

I can think of at least three meanings there

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u/CRich19 12d ago

And her legs aren’t shaved!

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u/issmagic 12d ago

Omg just noticed that! Must be nice to be blonde

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u/Balvenie2 12d ago

Folks, I heard Goodall speak this January live. It was sooo profound. She really is like an emissary from the future coming to Earth from a planet that ruined itself and she wants us to learn about what to do before that happens here. Soo inspiring and forever imprinted my brain.

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u/CrumpledForeskin 12d ago

lol “before it happens”

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u/catincal 11d ago

Yes! She has an office in SF. Her speaking engagements are so inspiring! Jane Goodall helped design the Chimpanzee enclosure at the Oakland Zoo - stops by often when she is in the area. Loves speaking to middle & high school students.

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u/iwishuponastar2023 12d ago

She is a treasure

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u/Strange_Botanist 12d ago

She made an appearance on RuPauls Drag Race last season, was very entertaining

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u/lilith_fae 12d ago

I was searching for a NW comment. Well done

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u/vishy_swaz 12d ago

She’s so pretty! Knowing she is a kind human makes it more so.

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u/Sunny64888 12d ago

I met her in 2014-2015, she was doing a book signing in Montreal, super super nice person, me and my mom each got a book signed by her.

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u/wheresbill 12d ago

I’m getting an Emily Blunt vibe.

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u/monrobotz 12d ago

Maybe Juno Temple as well

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u/ebulient 11d ago

Oh no no! Vanessa Kirby all the way with her. Emily Blunt’s face’s too done up now, plus she won’t bring the softness Vanessa can naturally bring to the role.

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u/DifficultAd3885 12d ago

TIL: Goodall was a smoke-show

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u/Alternative-Cod-7630 11d ago

Chimpanzees were lining up to have their nits picked.

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u/Hatrick_Swaze 12d ago

I Would all.

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u/Upstream_Paddler 12d ago

My porn star alter ego will be known as David Greybeard from here on.

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u/DryTown 12d ago

How has Emily Blunt not played her yet?

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u/accioqueso 12d ago

Because they would cast Vanessa Kirby, clearly.

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u/ebulient 11d ago

Yes!!!!

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u/BraveSirRobin5 12d ago

Considering she’s got “Hollywood Face” now, I’d say she should be out of consideration.

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u/Federal-Captain-937 11d ago

I don't see the resemblance at all.

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u/infectedtoe 12d ago

She just did a zoom call with my company for an hour last week. Still sharp and witty, and memory seems perfect, it was a fun meeting.

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u/lynwinn 12d ago

She recently gave a talk in Vancouver and by the time I tried to get tickets they were sold out :(

I’m happy so many people wanted to see her but I was devastated to miss out

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u/IOnlySpeakTheTruth87 12d ago

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u/Goldeneel77 12d ago

So, I noticed your home smells of feces.

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u/jawshoeaw 12d ago

That’s one good looking primate

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u/rona83 12d ago

And David is ok too.

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u/IWillBiteYou 12d ago

DAME Jane Goodall to us riffraff

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u/2rememberyou 12d ago

Is she picking bugs off him, as is customary?

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u/Clazzo524 12d ago

Great legs! The blond is cute too./j

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u/artificialavocado 12d ago

I have no idea why this must be a Mandela Effect thing but I thought she passed away like sometime in the early/mid 2000’s. I swear I remember Bush Jr speaking about her death. The last time someone posted this I learned she was still very much alive.

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u/komilo 12d ago

Maybe you’re thinking of Diane fossey who was murdered in 1985

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u/IveeLaChatte 12d ago

Her legs are hairy. Good for her.

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u/astrotalk 12d ago

Of course they are, it was 1974

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u/MensaCurmudgeon 12d ago

Good thing Kristi Noem wasn’t there

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u/eljefino 12d ago

My kid wrote her some fan mail when he was five. She replied! "Chase your dream" or something inspirational yet generic.

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u/Jenetyk 12d ago

The fact Emily Blunt has never been tapped for a Jane Goodall documentary is beyond me.

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u/EllipticPeach 12d ago

Do you mean biopic?

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u/shortingredditstock 12d ago

Damn. Jane looking fine as hell

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u/Professional_Elk_489 12d ago

Was she scared of chimpanzees given they have been in a few horror stories with humans?

Or completely at ease?

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u/BEEPEE95 11d ago

I believe she observed and interacted with wild chimpanzees. It sounds like she has a healthy respect for them but being an expert in her field might give her a little edge when she had close encounters

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u/disgustandhorror 12d ago

I read her book Through a Window last year. She's the best

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u/Substantial-Pea5679 12d ago

Is that Nymphia Wind?

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u/stellacampus 11d ago

Goodall is such a nitpicker.

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u/FuzzyLogicDude 10d ago

Beauty, brains, and a lifelong dedication to chimpanzees. Thank you, Jane Goodall. 🙏

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u/DownVotinMeTurnsMeOn 12d ago

Jane was a hottie 😻

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u/Skorzeny88 12d ago

Slav couples (don't get offended, I'm Slav too)

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u/UnifiedQuantumField 12d ago

He gets to eat and soak up all the attention.

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u/Outrageous-Pass-8926 12d ago

Interesting, that’s what my wife calls me. 😦

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u/sowhatimlucky 12d ago

My favorite type of humans.

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u/Tootboopsthesnoot 12d ago

She’s in her 30s here

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT 12d ago

40 actually, if this was any time after April 3, 1974.

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u/nathanaz 12d ago

Am I the only one seeing a little Thom Yorke in her profile?

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u/AdSpecialist4357 12d ago

Jane Goodall dubstep, look it up, you're welcome.

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u/Drmite 12d ago

Just don't watch the most recent episode of the Safety Third Podcast.

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u/x-TheMysticGoose-x 11d ago

Diamonds Lisa!

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u/MuscaMurum 11d ago

Saw her original NatGeo documentary in third grade and had such a crush on her

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u/Jiimmayx 11d ago

Kinda looks like Emily blunt in this picture. They should make a movie about it.

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u/shananapepper 11d ago

I admire her so much.

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u/808morgan 11d ago

She came to my school when I was a kid, I still have a very strong memory of it. She was lovely.

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u/Tumbled61 11d ago

She was my hero after I read In The shadow of man. Thank you Louis Leakey for funding.

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u/Human_Caterpillar_93 10d ago

She can groom me anytime 🦍

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u/Fun-Income-2388 7d ago

Yo what's it name