"Dian was a tragic figure," says Goodall. "She was very, very tall, statuesque and really, really wanted to get married. She would say to people, 'Do you know a man who is six foot five and loves gorillas?' So she got a little bitter later on when I got married and Birute got married and she didn't."
Monkeys. Jealousy. Wrinkles.
FEUD!
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 3, 2020 2:10 AM |
She’s right, of course. Fossey was a terrible alcoholic, a misanthrope, and a generally unpleasant person.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 3, 2020 2:17 AM |
Some years ago I read an outrageously gossipy book about women primatologists called Beauty and the Beasts by Carole Jahme. I recall a bloodcurdling anecdote about a woman being raped by an orangutan. Also one about the young Jane Goodall being propositioned by Richard Leakey, who after she turned him down went and had an affair with her mother.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 3, 2020 2:30 AM |
Jane just metaphorically flung some monkey shit at Diane!
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 3, 2020 2:36 AM |