Jane Goodall – What It Means to Be Human
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Isn't That the Making of a Little Scientist?
My first serious observation of animals was four and a half, when i waited four hours to see hen lay an egg. Have to say that it was my supportive mother, i think, who's enabled me to do what i've done - because she didn't know where i was. I was hiding in te hen house, waiting, because nobody would tell me where the hole was, where the egg came out. And it wasn't logical, was it? It was t was a logical observation that it didn't make sense o it wasn't obvious. A curiosity, asking questions, not getting the right answer, deciding to find out for yourself,. making a mistake, not giving up, learning
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