As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength

When I Began In 1960, Individuality Wasn't An Accepted Thing To Look For; It Was About Species-specific Behaviour. But Animal Behaviour Is Not Hard Science. There's Room For Intuition.

I've Always Felt You Don't Have To Be Completely Detached, Emotionally Uninvolved To Make Precise Observations. There's Nothing Wrong With Feeling Great Empathy For Your Subjects.

There Are Good Mothers And Bad Ones, But Most Of Them Are Somewhere In-between.

Is It Not Possible That The Chimpanzees Are Responding To Some Feeling Like Awe? A Feeling Generated By The Mystery Of Water; Water That Seems Alive, Always Rushing Past Yet Never Going, Always The Same Yet Ever Different. Was It Perhaps Similar Feelings Of Awe That Gave Rise To The First Animistic Religions, The Worship Of The Elements And The Mysteries Of Nature Over Which There Was No Control? Only When Our Prehistoric Ancestors Developed Language Would It Have Been Possible To Discuss Such Internal Feelings And Create A Shared Religion.

If You Do Microcredit With Men, They Tend To Quickly Drink It. They Don't Pay You Back.