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National Geographic: Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey spent 19 years studying the rare mountain gorillas of Africa. Heroine of the feature film GORILLAS IN THE MIST, her real life read like a Hollywood movie script with an intense romance and a consuming passion for saving the gorillas, ending in a brutal, mysterious murder.

"Neither destiny nor fate took me to Africa, wrote Fossey from her camp in Rwanda." I had a deep wish to see and live with wild animals in a world that hadn't yet been completely changed by humans." Uncompromising and determined, Fossey achieved much more by putting the plight of the mountain gorillas of Rwanda on the map, thereby insuring their survival for generations to come.

I had a tremendous sense of curiosity about the animals...
I wanted to know all there was toknow about them and happily...
I was rewarded by the same curiosity from the animals.
The gorillas fulfilled her desire for a lasting, even affectionate relationship because they didn't betray her.
Neither destiny nor fate took me to Africa.
Nor was it romance I had a deep wish to see and live with wild animals in a world that hadn't yet been completely changed by humans Wherever she went she found women who were supportive I don't know if women are more admiring of her strength of character, uh, I think I think men were afraid of her Because of it.
Imagine confronting a woman over 6ft tall furious with you, carrying a gun maybe, sometimes, always carrying a very viciously flailing tongue, she was a very frightening image.