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2 - Wild Lesson

Why Study Animals in Nature?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2020

Kevin D. Hunt
Kevin D. Hunt
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Indiana University, Bloomington
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The first time I saw chimpanzees in the wild, I was filled with wonder. I had studied them in the zoo (Chapter 18) before arriving at Mahale,1 but seeing them in the wild was a different experience. As a male walked past me I looked in awe at the muscles in his lower leg and how the pad of his foot conformed to the uneven ground; it struck me how improbable it was that this seemingly simple environment could produce something as complicated, intelligent, intense, and powerful as a chimpanzee. I imagined a sort of chimpanzee-mist rising out of the soil and coalescing into the individual in front of me. A fanciful thought, but as incredible as it seems, an environment very much like that of Mahale did produce chimpanzees.

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Chimpanzee
Lessons from our Sister Species
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Wild Lesson
  • Kevin D. Hunt, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Chimpanzee
  • Online publication: 10 July 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316339916.002
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  • Wild Lesson
  • Kevin D. Hunt, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Chimpanzee
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  • Wild Lesson
  • Kevin D. Hunt, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Chimpanzee
  • Online publication: 10 July 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316339916.002
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