heroes recently, and she was even more impressive than i imagined. here s a special power player of the week. i m away from home about 300 days a year, and that s, you know, all over the world. chris: jane goodall is 83 now, but she s still on a mission, raising awareness and money to protect the planet and the animals who live here. one of the the greatest rewards i have is number of people around world who say thank you, jane. you taught me that because you did it, i can do it too. chris: why are you still keeping up such a schedule? because we humans, the most intellectual beings who ve ever walked the planet, are busily destroying our home. how is that possible? chris: it was 1960 when goodall, then 26, set out for the gambe animal preserve in what is now tanzania. she was trying to find the link between man and ape. exciting moment when i first
at least i get out into the forest. and i need that to reinvigorate my spirit. chris: time is something goodall thinks about now. i don t know how long i have, i don t know how far it is to be at the end. the older you get, the nearer you get to that end, and i ve still got so much to do. chris: when i said thank you, this astonishing woman had one more surprise, showing me how the chimps would do it. i would have held out my hand chris: yes. and you would have petted it like that. chris: like that? that would be a nice thank you. [laughter] chris: thank you. goodall says as a child she was inspired by the stories of dr. doolittle and tarzan, adding tarzan shows the wrong jane. he sure did. before we go, a program note. be sure to catch the new prime time lineup starting monday night on fox news channel. tucker carlson tonight at 8 p.m. has an exclusive interview with
exciting moment when i first saw a chimpanzee eating meat. chris: observing chimpanzees in the jungle by herself, she discovered a number of links. the chimps can show compassion or wage war. but most important, the way they use twigs, to hunt for termites. a chimpanzee, when he strips leaves off a twig, is actually modifying a natural object to suit it to a specific purpose. chris: why was that such an important discovery? because science thought at that time that humans and only humans used and made tools. we were defined as man, the toolmaker. the possible redefinition of the word man. chris: in 1965, national geographic did a film about goodall s work that created a sensation. it was kind of beauty and the beast, i mean, the whole thing
wasn t really about science, it was about this young woman going out into the jungle. i became the geographic cover girl. chris: the fact that you were such a striking girl didn t hurt either, did it? it didn t hurt at all. [laughter] chris: as goodall bonned with the chimpanzees, she even learned their language. if i m greeting you, a dominant male because males are dominant i would be chris: and if you were laughing? yes. [laughter] that si m being tickled. chris: goodall ended her career as a field biologist 30 years ago, but she set up the goodall institute as well as roots and shoots to turn young people in 98 countries into conservation activists. and she returns to gambe for a few todays twice a year.
well, i got to meet one of my heroes recently, and she was even more impressive than i imagined. here s a special power player of the week. i m away from home about 300 days a year, and that s, you know, all over the world. chris: jane goodall is 83 now, but she s still on a mission, raising awareness and money to protect the planet and the animals who live here. one of the the greatest rewards i have is number of people around world who say thank you, jane. you taught me that because you did it, i can do it too. chris: why are you still keeping up such a schedule? because we humans, the most intellectual beings who ve ever walked the planet, are busily destroying our home. how is that possible? chris: it was 1960 when goodall, then 26, set out for the gambe animal preserve in what is now tanzania. she was trying to find the link between man and ape.