Gombe
Britishnoun
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Shuaibu Mohammed, who lives in the north-eastern state of Gombe, said he was lucky to survive a snakebite 15 years ago.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
In 1960, during her first year at Gombe, Goodall observed a chimpanzee she called David Greybeard carefully strip a twig of leaves and use it to root out tasty termites from a mound.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025
Goodall’s startling finding, published in Nature in 1964, enabled Leakey to line up funding to extend her stay at Gombe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
They did the same with 14 male chimps from two communities at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 12, 2024
Except for the ten miles of Gombe shoreline, the hills along much of the lake have lost all their trees.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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