Male and female burying beetles will work together to bury a carcass, and then they mate and lay eggs in it. It's unappealing on the surface the beetles can smell carrion from miles away. The endangered American burying beetle is one such species. She writes that it's easy to get people excited about saving cute pandas and snow leopards, but what about bugs? That emotional bond is especially important if the endangered animal isn't immediately appealing. we do have a personal connection with these creatures, and we do this work because we love it, and because we just couldn't bear to let them vanish." "You're supposed to be cold and scientific. "People I've talked with perhaps come from a discipline where it's not considered scientific to have any kind of empathy with the animal you study," Goodall says. Goodall says one of the most important factors in saving a species is the emotional bond that develops between scientists and their subjects - like her attachment to the chimpanzees she studied in Tanzania.
Goodall tells Weekend All Things Considered Host Guy Raz that "if we think about only the downside of it, then we lose all hope, and then we are so discouraged that we don't do anything." The book is a collection of stories about those species and a celebration of the spirited efforts that saved them.
There are discoveries yet to be made."Īnd, she says, there are species that have been pulled back from extinction by dedicated environmentalists. In her latest book, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink, she writes, "There are surely plants and animals living in the remote places beyond our current knowledge. But famed biologist Jane Goodall says she refuses to give up. Thousands of species go extinct every year, and climate change is closing in. At once a celebration of the animal kingdom and a passionate call to arms, this bok presents an uplifting, hopeful message for the future of animal-human coexistence.-From publisher description.Sometimes, it seems like there's no hope for the planet. Interweaving her own first-hand experiences with the research of premier scientists, Goodall illuminates the heroic efforts of dedicated environmentalists and the truly critical need to protect the habitats of these beloved species. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall-along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard-shares fascinating survival stories about the American crocodile, the California condor, the black-footed ferret and more-all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose populations are now being regenerated.
At a time when we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, renowned scientist Jane Goodall brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom.
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