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Gombe Stream
In 1967, the Gombe Stream Research Center (GSRC) was established
to coordinate ongoing chimpanzee research in the park. A British
primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace
Jane Goodall dedicated her life to study the chimpanzee in Gombe
Stream National park. Since 1960 Jane Goodall started her research
where she gave names to the chimpanzees she was researching as
opposed to giving them numbers as a tradition of most scientists.
Gombe Stream National Park is the smallest National park in
Tanzania. It’s high levels of diversity make it an increasingly popular
tourist destination. Besides chimpanzees, primates inhabiting Gombe
Stream include beachcomber olive baboons, red colobus, red-tailed
monkeys, blue monkeys, and vervet monkeys. The park is also home to over
200 bird species and bush-pigs. There are also 11 species of snakes, and
occasional hippopotami and leopards.[6]Visitors to the park can trek into the forest
to view the chimpanzees, as well as swim and snorkel in Lake Tanganyika with
almost 100 kinds of colorful cichlid fish.
Tanzania The Promised Land
Research Center is the Longest
Running Field Study of an Animals
Species in Their Natural Surroundings
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