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Just Think Of The Trust That Often Exists In Soldiers. Within Their Own Unit, You Could Say They Have To Trust Each Other. A Spirit Of Camaraderie Builds Up And, In The End, They Will Risk Their Lives For Each Other. They May Even Go So Far As To Dehumanise The Other, Enemy Group - A Mechanism You Can Also Observe In Chimps.

Louis [leakey] Was Anxious To Initiate A Scientific Study Of These Chimpanzees. It Would Be Difficult, He Emphasized, For Nothing Was Known; There Were No Guidelines For Such A Field Study; And The Habitat Was Remote And Rugged. Dangerous Wild Animals Would Be Living There, And Chimpanzees Themselves Were Considered At Least Four Times Stronger Than Humans. I Remember Wondering What Kind Of Scientist He Would Find For Such A Herculean Task.

I Just Have This Absolute Belief That Humans Are Moving Away From Cruelty And Destruction Towards A Time When We Can Truly Live In Harmony With Nature. When We Understand That There Is A Spiritual Power Around Us From Which We Can Draw Strength. That Is Where I Believe Human Destiny Ultimately Is Taking Us. I Just Hope We Have Time.

Even Chimps Understand The Concept - If A Troop Of Chimps Enters A Fruit Tree, They Will Only Pick The Fruits That Are Ripe And Leave The Others Growing. That Is Sustainability.

There Are Good Mothers And Bad Ones, But Most Of Them Are Somewhere In-between.