From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

Especially females and the younger ones like to be with somebody who is wise.

...it honestly didn't matter how we humans got to be the way we are, whether evolution or special creation was responsible. What mattered and mattered desperately was our future development. Were we going to go on destroying God's creation, fighting each other, hurting the other creatures of the His planet?

Most Africans don't get to see these wild animals at all. Once they see and learn about them, they are much more likely to become involved in protecting the environment.

If you do microcredit with men, they tend to quickly drink it. They don't pay you back.

Chimps are far too much human to be my favorite animal.

To me, trees are living beings and they have their own sort of personalities.