Biruté Galdikas
This celebrity goo was created by player Angela Lathem-Ballard.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Angela, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Friday, March 26, 2004 (part of Round XXII)
category: 
Science
clue: Louis thought she was the greatest of the apes.
explanation: Galdikas was a primatist, and was one of the three famous students (with Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall) of legendary paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. An orangutan was visible at the bottom of the gooed image. more…
solved by: Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, Steve Dunn, Mike Eberhart, Megan Baxter, Aaron Fischer, Todd Brotsch, Christine Marie Doiron, Anna Gregoline, Nadine Russell, Anthony Lewis, K. R., C. K., and Allan Russell
trivia: Most of the incorrect guesses were for Jane Goodall, who had already been a goo.
 | This goo represented Malaysia in the Goo World Tour. |
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