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May 18, 2004

Chimp Lounging, Republic of the Congo, 2002

Photograph by Michael Nichols

"King of cool, a high-status male named Cole lounges at ease in the open. The first time he saw people, he threw them a backward glance and continued eating instead of fleeing into the trees. That calm acceptance led other chimps to relax around researchers."

—From "Jane Goodall in the Wild," April 2003, National Geographic magazine