Ep. 6 Chatting chimpanzees. Dr Richard Wrangham in conversation
May 14, 2024•22 min•Ep. 6
Episode description
In episode six, join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu - as I chat chimpanzees with Harvard University Professor - and close friend of Sunbird Hill - Dr. Richard Wrangham whose work combines primatology, evolutionary biology and anthropology. Listen in to hear:
- What do sex, violence and cooking have in common?
- How do bees protect villagers’ gardens from hungry elephants?
- How long did Richard work in Gombe with Jane Goodall?
- Why shouldn't people have chimps as pets?
- What is the Kibale Chimpanzee Project?
- How does attending the Kasiizi Project’s secondary school protect the forest?
- Dr. Richard Wrangham has been visiting - and lived in - Uganda for 40 years. Which National Parks does he recommend?
- And lastly, why did Richard suggest Julia Lloyd eat a hairy caterpillar?
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