【美国人物志】黛安·弗西 (3/9)

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戴安·弗西本世纪卓越的野外观察家，用18年时间独身从事黑猩猩的研究。不幸被报复者刺杀。终身未婚。快40岁时，谈过两次恋爱，两个男友都要求她放弃野外观察，后面一个男友打动了她，她准备下山，但是那个男友改变主意不爱她了，弗西后来戏说来生要变成一个金发美女。观察黑猩猩经常需要处于登高，悬空状态。她患有恐高症。曾从高处落下，摔断了几根肋骨，刺穿了一叶肺，下山治愈后又继续从事黑猩猩的研究。
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Fossey
the United States
Africa
Professor Leakey
gorilla
Wilkie Foundation
Jane Goodall
the National Geographic SocietyFossey returned to the United States with a desire to work in Africa. She met with Professor Leakey a second time when he visited the United States to give a series of talks. This time, he asked her to begin a long-term study of the gorillas. He said information she collected might help to show how human ancestors developed. A group called the Wilkie Foundation agreed to support her research. The Wilkie Foundation already supported another researcher, Jane Goodall, in her study of wild chimpanzees. Fossey also received help from a major scientific and educational organization -- the National Geographic Society.