I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle. — Jane Goodall · Smartyfair

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I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle. — Jane Goodall · Smartyfair

I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle.

Jane Goodall1934–2025 · scientist · 1900s-2000s England & TanzaniaJane Goodall spent decades living among wild chimpanzees in Tanzania, discovering that they use tools and have close family bonds much like humans.7 quotes

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As a girl she wanted to talk with animals, like Dr Dolittle.

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How sure this is: 55% sureLots of sources credit Jane Goodall with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
What turned up: Reported in Brad Dunn, When They Were 22 (2006), p. 51 — a secondary biographical compilation reporting her words, not her own book or a transcribed interview.
Work: When They Were 22: 100 Famous People at the Turning Point in Their Lives
Occasion: 2006 · childhood recollection, as reported
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 20262000s section, reported in When They Were 22 (2006), p. 51

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