In her short essay "Learning from the Chimpanzees: A Message Humans Can Understand", renown ethologist Jane Goodall challenges the traditional divide between humans and non-human animals by highlighting the idea of empathy and understanding for animals, and especially chimpanzees, of which she studied her entire career. Goodall highlights the emotional bond between humans and chimpanzees by using an anecdote and telling the story of Rick Swope's brave and heroic attempt to save a drowning chimpanzee at the Detroit Zoo: "I cannot close this without sharing a story that, for me, has a truly…