"I like gorillas, primarily because there is very little subterfuge in their society. When an alpha male is angry, for example, the rage in his eyes is unmistakable. In human society, such rage is often masked and transmuted into elaborate, destructive schemes. Gorillas, in this sense, are all 'tell', which also makes them extremely easy marks in any card game. I put myself through graduate school with the winnings I made off of Coco, who, god bless her, couldn't bluff to save her fucking life."
Jane Goodall, May 20, 1984, Commencement Address at Tufts University.
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