There's a myth that gorillas are ferocious. It all began with the movie King Kong, where they got all kinds of things wrong. First, they're sailing off to Borneo. Second, gorillas don't live in Borneo. Orangutans do. Dian Fossey and I had a good laugh about this together.

My husband David and my love of animals and primates, in particular, led us down the path to become friends with Dian Fossey. We’d volunteered with Biruté Galdikas, Dian’s colleague, in Borneo in July of 1984 and loved it.