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John Byrne
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 6:52pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

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Michael Penn
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 6:59pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

What an amazing life and legacy!

(I will add that as a kid I had a big crush on the young Ms. Goodall.)

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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 7:01pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

I’m sad to learn of Jane Goodall’s death. Her work with chimpanzees and lifelong dedication to conservation leave behind an extraordinary legacy.

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Joe Hollon
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Big impact on this science loving kid in the 80s.

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David Farley
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 8:32pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

Very sad.

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Rich Marzullo
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 10:46pm \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

Genuinely saddened when I saw this.

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Posted: 02 October 2025 at 5:12am \| IP Logged \| 7	post reply

One of the brightest spots of humanity - and a sad loss - but we are hugely enriched through her work.

I'd hope to reach 91 and have made anything like the same impact (currently edging on 60, and my major adventures seem to be taking the bins out weekly, so not looking good)

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Andrew Davey
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Posted: 02 October 2025 at 1:18pm \| IP Logged \| 8	post reply

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall

In Loving Memory of Jane Goodall
1934 – 2025

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Rick Whiting
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Posted: 02 October 2025 at 2:44pm \| IP Logged \| 9	post reply

RIP.

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Gary M. Peiffer
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Posted: 02 October 2025 at 4:23pm \| IP Logged \| 10	post reply

Her book, “In The Shadow of Man”, is an excellent read on her research. Surprisingly push back by the scientific community (at the time). We have lost a great human being…

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Further to Gary’s comment, CTV News played an interview clip with her where she discussed presenting her first report in Europe. The old boys club was horrified that she had named the chimps, rather than assign them numbers like a proper scientist should. There was huge push back to her assertion that chimps have individual personalities, because that was reserved for humans. That last thought seems ridiculous to anyone who owns two or more pets of the same species.

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