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The Watcher opens with a young Jane in a henhouse watching an egg being laid. The story continues as Jane matures, her interest in studying animals grows with her. Reading Tarzan living with the apes in Africa, Jane decides that she wants to live and talk with the apes as well. Working and saving to buy a ticket to Kenya, Jane gets a job watching and studying chimpanzees in Tanzania. Setting up a camp deep in the forest, Jane spends days looking for chimps to no avail. After months of waiting and watching, the chimps finally let Jane see them, and she quietly watches them from the background. Keeping detailed notes about her observations, Jane makes contact with a chimp she names David Greybeard. The years pass and the African forests are being
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