In this video, embedded in a tw**t, Jane Goodall and her team release a rehabilitated chimp into the wild. But before it leaves, it does something ineffably sweet and sad. You’ll tear up if you’re not made of stone.
https://twitter.com/phil500/status/876424981206454272
h/t: Barry
You were right. I cried.
me too
Yep, got me.
Seen it before, but it still got me.
Sweet.
What do expect from “cousins?”
IMO, in the grand scheme of life on earth, humans and chimps are not cousins. We’re siblings.
The well-known trope is that chimps are mankinds closest living genetic relative. But it is also true that humans are chimps closest living genetic relative.
Beautiful.
However, I worry about his future. Chimpanzees are territorial and will commit atrocities to defend their territory and to expand it.
What are the chances of this guy to join a group?
Humans are territorial and will commit atrocities to defend their territory and to expand it.
I am quite confident that Dr. Goodall has it pretty well worked out. I’ve been following her work for more than 50 years, and she has certainly overwhelmed her many critics.
And yes, I teared up.
That was so sweet I think it gave me diabetes.
Reaching for the Kleenex now.
I am more amazed than teary, like, thank you for everything but it’s time to go!
Can’t write. Can’t see. Wonderful!
It never ceases to astonish me, how similar we two species are emotionally. I do worry about using them for dangerous lab experiments. Perhaps they need representation in our governments.
This was so moving, and brought copious tears to my eyes.
Well that cleared my entires sinuses after a box of tissues.
Thanks Jer. That made my day.
Same here. 🙂
Wow. Lacrimal ducts: check.
Goodness, these videos disappear fast.