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RIP Biruté Galdikas - Drunk Monk - 03-26-2026
Galdikas was the last of the 'trimates' - her passing is preceded by Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey. All three women were associated with Louis Leakey and each chose a different primate - Goodall: chimps; Fossey: great apes; Galdikas: orangutans.
When we took our epic backpack across Asia trip in '97, we were scheduled to stay at Galdikas' research facility in Borneo. We gave a donation which granted us access, and we were to support the research team somehow. The info was intense. Apparently women on their periods would be picked up and raped by the orangs so it was advised to stay in the complex if that was happening. There were all these protocols for safety because we'd be out there in the jungle with the orangs, not to mention the headhunter tribes of Borneo. But as fate would have it, there was a major wildfire in Indonesia and Borneo was downwind, so the research center was closed to visitors. We had to change our plans and ended up in Bali instead, which is a whole other tale. What an adventure working with Galdikas would've been.