Comments on: Jane Goodall Passes at 91

Jane Goodall Passes at 91

drewbage1847 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:11:27 -0800

ABC News Obituary Jane Goodall, famed for her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania and her efforts via the Jane Goodall Institute has passed away at the age of 91 while on tour in the US.

By: Kitteh

Kitteh — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:12:37 -0800

. A person who was truly the best of humanity.

By: grubi

grubi — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:13:52 -0800

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Winnie the Proust — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:15:36 -0800

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Rhedyn — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:19:50 -0800

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:19:58 -0800

I got to see her speak at a local college back in 2010 and she was incredibly interesting...what a cool person and a well lived life. .

By: Token Meme

Token Meme — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:20:50 -0800

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By: drewbage1847

drewbage1847 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:26:53 -0800

The strange thing about the timing of this, I was debating about trying to sneak into a local school here in Pasadena where she was scheduled to give a talk. It was aimed in part to help aid fire rebuilding efforts and a friend was going as well. It's amazing to think how much she did to change people's view points on animals, not just chimps. That's a hell of an impact.

By: ikahime

ikahime — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:27:37 -0800

By: WalkingAround

WalkingAround — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:28:24 -0800

By: chavenet

chavenet — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:30:09 -0800

Absolute gold standard. What a life. [yes it's misty in here, why do you ask?]

By: Laura in Canada

Laura in Canada — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:31:27 -0800

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Sing Or Swim — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:32:07 -0800

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Press Butt.on to Check — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:34:36 -0800

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potrzebie — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:35:27 -0800

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ZeusHumms — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:38:50 -0800

By: BlahLaLa

BlahLaLa — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:39:43 -0800

Jane Goodall's chimp greeting is something I unironically adore. What a lovely, lovely human being she was. May her memory be a blessing, among humans and animals.

By: sharktopus

sharktopus — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:43:43 -0800

got to meet her when she came to my elementary school in antwerp ; ; incredible person

By: supermedusa

supermedusa — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:44:44 -0800

she was too good for this world. such a fascinating life and such passion for so many many years. we are diminished without her.

By: marlys

marlys — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:46:04 -0800

She said some wonderfully unafraid things about dying in recent years. I can't find the exact quote that stuck with me for its lovely clear-eyedness, but this is quite close: "My next great adventure, aged 90, is going to be dying. There's either nothing or something. If there's nothing there's nothing, that's it. If there's something I can't think of a greater adventure than finding out what it is." Rest in adventure, Jane Goodall. .

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:50:46 -0800

She served a higher purpose for humanity and the natural world right up until the end. What a compelling legacy.

By: Melismata

Melismata — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:51:41 -0800

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Pendragon — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:06 -0800

By: cooker girl

cooker girl — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:57 -0800

My daughter learned about Jane Goodall when she was in second grade. She came home from school that day and announced that she wanted to be like Jane and work with animals. That started discussions about the ways in which she could work with animals: vet (no), researcher like Jane (maybe), etc. We happened to go to the Cincinnati Zoo that weekend to attend a family-friendly talk about conservation, and that was it. She was hooked. At age SEVEN, my daughter decided she was going to work in conservation, and planned her entire life around that goal. Today she is a keeper of endangered birds at the St. Louis Zoo. Thank you, Jane. .

By: FallibleHuman

FallibleHuman — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:02:26 -0800

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gwint — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:03:36 -0800

By: simra

simra — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:09:14 -0800

. My daughter is pursuing a career in life sciences because of Goodall's influence. An amazing human being, for sure.

By: BobTheScientist

BobTheScientist — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:09:20 -0800

One of the criticisms of Goodall's science is that her very presence altered the local reality and left her studying something a long way from natural chimpanzees in virgin jungle. She has acknowledged that, by feeding the chimps in order to keep them within observation range, she may have unwittingly increased the levels of aggression within and between troops – when you have a rich resource it's worth fighting over. But Mike, a low ranking male, used the presence of the alien interlopers to good (reproductive) advantage, exploiting their trash and recycling his way to alpha-male-hood. Goodall and her team used kerosene for cooking and lighting and left the empty 5 gallon tins lying around. Mike incorporated one and occasionally two of these drums into his display rituals and scared the bejayzus out of the other males as he bounded at them through the forest batting these crashnikovs along in front of him. That's another chap who had cause to thank her. Hats off.

By: Capt. Renault

Capt. Renault — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:12:19 -0800

What a gentle titan. Godspeed.

By: darkstar

darkstar — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:27:24 -0800

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tclark — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:36:06 -0800

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Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:51:57 -0800

By: revmitcz

revmitcz — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:52:08 -0800

I was today years old when I found out that The Far Side comic referencing her work (and got Larson in some hot water with her institute) had a happy ending after all - Goodall understood the joke, thought it was clever, and became friends with Larson. A Goodall-signed copy of the print was auctioned for the benefit of her institute, and she wrote the intro to The Far Side Gallery 5. I mean, that's class! And that's understanding the nuance : the joke wasn't "Jane Goodall is a tramp". All good, Goodall.

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sigmagalator — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:54:33 -0800

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By: pearlybob

pearlybob — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:21:24 -0800

. I had tickets to see her last winter but got waylaid by illness at the last minute. I was afraid that was going to be my last chance. Very grateful for her life and accomplishments. Rest well.

By: dr_dank

dr_dank — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:21:28 -0800

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mersen — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:29:17 -0800

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falsedmitri — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:45:14 -0800

By: SaltySalticid

SaltySalticid — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:48:30 -0800

. She was a personal hero to many, and I know at least one amazing biologist who also followed that path in part because she was inspired by Goodall.

By: porpoise

porpoise — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:49:42 -0800

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jabo — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:19:18 -0800

By: art.bikes

art.bikes — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:29:08 -0800

Jane Goodall's First Ride on the Subway

By: Pouteria

Pouteria — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:38:20 -0800

By: tommasz

tommasz — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:06:37 -0800

By: Didymus

Didymus — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:12:13 -0800

Mike, a low ranking male pure unadulterated quality right here. Jane Goodall got Mike (a low ranking male) laid, what a world we live in

By: Windopaene

Windopaene — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:38:50 -0800

. What a bummer. I think I still have a book of hers from long, long, ago. She did so much amazing work. I'd be afraid to hang with chimps, (Let's not even talk about Gorilla friends, or Grizzly, (OK pretty any bear) friends. Bust imagine who was able to communicate with Chimpanzees! Allow me another dot .

By: kingless

kingless — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:45:45 -0800

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:03:33 -0800

We are forever blessed us by her presence in our lives. Thank you, Jane Goodall.

By: Senescence

Senescence — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:06:03 -0800

"I had read Tarzan and fallen in love, although he married the wrong Jane, the wretched man,"

the Guardian .

By: JoeXIII007

JoeXIII007 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:28:46 -0800

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hap_hazard — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:41:00 -0800

By: brujita

brujita — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:53:17 -0800

. Patrick McDonnell's (who draws the Mutts strip) Me...Jane is worth a look.

By: BlueHorse

BlueHorse — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:02:22 -0800

. An amazing woman. I'm happy for her that she died on tour following her life's work. A good death that I could wish for us all.

By: Big Al 8000

Big Al 8000 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:36:16 -0800

By: They sucked his brains out!

They sucked his brains out! — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:19:59 -0800

A person who was truly the best of humanity. .

By: jknx

jknx — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:24:23 -0800

By: martin q blank

martin q blank — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:47:29 -0800

when my kids were little, we played music in our house all the time, and if you have little kids, at some point that means Raffi. my kids loved one of the songs in particular, which has been playing in my head all day. It's a lovely little song and was how we introduced our kids to Goodall's life and work.

By: jamjam

jamjam — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:48:43 -0800

Wow, best comments in an obituary thread I've ever seen! .

By: UhOhChongo!

UhOhChongo! — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:01:30 -0800

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newdaddy — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:59:06 -0800

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 02:11:18 -0800

Wow, best comments in an obituary thread I've ever seen! And all it takes is to be an extraordinary person in the best way. .

By: hydropsyche

hydropsyche — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 03:55:18 -0800

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Roger Pittman — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 03:56:20 -0800

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detachd — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:41:51 -0800

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xtian — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:23:04 -0800

By: Multicellular Exothermic

Multicellular Exothermic — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:24:33 -0800

I heard Jane Goodall speak in the early 2000s when she did the promotional tour for 'Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey'. She had such a remarkable life. We are all better off because of her life and work.

By: dannyboybell

dannyboybell — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:51:57 -0800

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ivanthenotsoterrible — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:59:41 -0800

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:30:11 -0800

Thank you for everything, Jane. ♥

By: kitten kaboodle

kitten kaboodle — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:31:03 -0800

I loved that very shortly before her death she was petting dogs in the park with the Dogist for his Instagram channel. What a way to go, being that capable right up to the end. She was truly an extraordinary person.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:55:55 -0800

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 01:14:16 -0800

Jane Goodall in conversation with Richard Fidler was broadcast on ABC Radio National today. She was the best of us.

By: filtergik

filtergik — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 06:52:08 -0800

By: darkstar

darkstar — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:56:59 -0800

(Inspired by the Patricia Routledge thread, I think Dr. Goodall deserves some flowers, too.)

By: Glinn

Glinn — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:03:00 -0800

A terrible loss. .