Now more than 1,000 go through Gombe to get to their village. Unorganized tourists from all corners of the world come to Gombe, bringing human diseases such as polio, which the chimps can catch. The Gombe Stream Research Center is now pressured on all its borders. It encompasses only 30 square miles. The chimps there are on an island - a zoo, if you will, in the wild.
Chimps do tend to be less fearful of women than of men.
It is difficult to be an ethologist today. You will succeed if you must study animals to have a meaningful life. You must be ready to seize an opportunity and be willing to sacrifice for it. I saved up money to go to Africa by working as a waitress. Even if I didn't need to raise the money, I would go on the lecture tours.