Step inside Dr. Jane Goodall's shoes via Google Street View

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Not everyone can be a 'Dr. Jane Goodall' and spend years in Tanzania studying chimpanzees, but now you can be a little closer to the experience thanks to Google Maps Street View.

The Google Maps team worked with the Jane Goodall Institute and the Gombe National Park to record the location with their backpack cameras (called the Trekker). The Trekker can record 360 degrees, and captured the paths through the park, the chimpanzees swinging through the trees, and features Jane's favorite location -- 'The Peak'.

To explore for yourself, check out this Street View collection of various aspects of the park and even Jane's house.

This recording is meant to inspire youngsters, plus serve as a record of posterity for future generations. This is the place where Jane discovered the chimpanzees using blades of grass to 'fish' termites and teach us that that tools were not unique to humans. You can find out more background and about the organizations efforts to save the Chimpanzee population on Google's post here.

If you feel especially inspired, you can actually request to borrow Google's Trekker (click here) and record your own adventure!

Photo credit: Kitch BainShutterstock

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