Kuqhuma iwhoop ejabulile isuka ekujuleni kwehlathi, ikhushulwe ngokushesha amanye amazwi ayishumi nambili, ekhuphuka ngevolumu kanye ne-tempo futhi yehlele ku-crescendo eklabalasayo. Kuwucingo oludumile lwe-'panthoot': isiko elihlanganisayo elivumela ababambiqhaza ukuthi bahlonze omunye nomunye ngezitayela zabo zephimbo. Kusilaleli esingumuntu, sidabula emahlathini asendulo e-Gombe Stream, lokhu kuqhuma okwethusa umgogodla nakho kuyinkomba yokubonana okuseduze nesihlobo sofuzo somuntu esiseduze kakhulu: imfene.
I-Gombe iyindawo encane kunazo zonke eziqiwini zikazwelonke zaseTanzania: udweshu oluntekenteke lwendawo yokuhlala yezimfene ehamba emithambekeni nasezigodini zomfula ezisogwini olunesihlabathi olusenyakatho yeLake Tanganyika.
Izinkawu zalo – ezazijwayele izivakashi zabantu – zaduma ngomsebenzi wokuqala kaDkt. Jane Goodall, owasungula uhlelo locwaningo lokuziphatha ngo-1960 oluyisifundo esinde kunazo zonke emhlabeni. UFifi, ilungu lokugcina elisaphila emphakathini wokuqala, wayeneminyaka emithathu kuphela ubudala lapho uDkt. Jane Goodall efika okokuqala eGombe, owazalwa ngo-1958 washona ngo-2004.
Ama-chimpanzee abelana cishe ngo-98% wezakhi zawo zofuzo nabantu, futhi akukho buchwepheshe besayensi obudingekayo ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwezinhlobo ezahlukene zamabhulukwe, ama-hoots kanye nokuklabalasa okuchaza osaziwayo, abaphethe amandla, kanye nabalingiswa abasekelayo. Mhlawumbe uzobona ukukhanya kokuqonda lapho ubheka emehlweni e-chimpanzee, ekubheka njengokubuyisela - ukubukeka okubonakalayo okubonakalayo kuzo zonke izithiyo ezincane kakhulu zezinhlobo.
Ezinye izilwane ezincelisayo ezibonakala kakhulu eGombe yizilwane ezincelisayo. Iqembu lezimfene ze-beachcomber olive, ezisacwaningwa kusukela ngawo-1960, lihlala kahle kakhulu, kuyilapho izinkawu ze-red-tailed kanye ne-red colobus – lezi ezivame ukuzingelwa yizinkawu – zinamathela ehlathini. Izinhlobo zezinyoni zalesi siqiwu ezingaphezu kuka-200 ziyahlukahluka kusukela ku-fish eagle edumile kuya ku-jewel-like.
Izindawo ezimbili zikaPeter ezigxumagxuma kancane zizungeze isikhungo sezivakashi. Ngemva kokuhlwa, isibhakabhaka esikhazimulayo sasebusuku sihambisana nezibani zamakhulu ezikebhe ezincane zokhuni, ezigeleza echibini njengedolobha elikhulu.
