2. Who is Dr. Galdikas
● She is a lady who studied
Orangutans in Tanjung Puting
● At that time people did not really
know about them so she learned
about them and educated kids
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4. Childhood
● She was born at the end of world
war II in Germany in 1946
● Her parents were on the route to
Canada and got there when she was
two
● She grew up and went to school in
Toronto
● In second grade she said she wants
to be an explorer
5. Inspiration
● She was inspired by Curious George
at six years old
● Relationship between monkey and
man
● First library book
7. Young Adult
● She went to The University of British
Columbia in Vancouver
● Then continued natural studies at
UCLA
● She earned her bachelor's degree in
zoology and physiology in 1966
● A masters degree in anthropology in
1969
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10. Family
● First she married Rod Brindamour
and had two children
● Later she married Pak Bohap and
had one child
● Pak Bohap was a rice farmer, a co-
director of Galdikas's Orangutan
program, and a tribal president (he
was a native Indonesian)
12. Dr. Louis Leakey
● She told Dr. Leakey what she
wanted to do as an explorer
● Dr. Leakey was not interested
● After three years of asking and
pleading, he was convinced
● She became the "Third Angel"
● Dr.Leaky gave Dr. Galdikas the
money for her program
19. Things to Help Them
● They needed help
● The problem is is that their homes
are being destroyed and they are
endangered
● So, she organized a Orangutan
mating program to keep the
population of Orangutans up
● She built an orphanage for the ones
with no parents
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21. Discoveries About them
● They can become extinct in the next
ten years
● She has studied them longer than
any other person in the world
● She has educated children about
them
● They eat over 400 foods
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24. Famous!!!
● She was in The New York Times,
Washington Post, Los Angeles Times,
and two times in National
Geographic
● She won about fifteen awards for
her hard work with Orangutans
● She also published four books
