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Animals in the Wild
4 Jane Goodall began studying chimpanzees in
the Gombe Stream Game Reserve in Africa in the
1960s. Her methods were simple. She sat in the
forest among the chimps and watched them.
Over time, she made a number of important
discoveries about chimp diets, tool use, and
social interaction. Now, these chimpanzees are
endangered, and Goodall is using her knowledge
to help save them from extinction.
Animal Spies
5 These days, scientists have come up with some
pretty ingenious ways to study animals in the
wild. Dr. Yvon Le Maho (ee-VON luh-MOWE) of
France has been studying penguins for almost
fifty years. He noted that human interaction
with penguins in the wild causes stress and
tension for the birds. So Dr. Le Maho teamed up
with a documentary film company to create a
remote-controlled camera that looked like a
penguin chick. The penguin robot could
approach penguins in the wild without
disturbing them. For the first time ever, an
Emperor penguin in Antarctica was filmed
laying an egg.
Emperor penguins brave the bitter cold of Antarctica.
6 The same company now uses similar spy cams all myNotes
over the world. Off the coast of Antarctica, a spy
puffer fish recorded an unusual game of catch
that dolphins play. They actually use a real
puffer fish as the “ball.” Another spy cam that
looks like a crocodile egg caught the unusual
relationship between Nile crocodiles and a water
bird called a dikkop (DIK-cup). Dikkops build
their nests right next to crocodile nests. The
birds help protect both nests from predators.
Our Animal Fascination
7 Probably the biggest reason why people study
animals is that animals just fascinate us. We
love to read about them, watch them, and care
for them. In fact, there are over 163 million
pet cats and dogs in the United States alone.
There is even a cable television channel
dedicated to animals, their behavior, and their
relationships with humans. When it comes to
animals, it seems we humans just can’t get
enough of them!
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