Observations 

All of the essays have one thing incommon, they all deal with observing
animals. And with their observation comes at times interaction. They
might "mingle" with these animals. Or the observers would just sit there
and do what they are supposed to, observe. 

Our race, is naturally curious and interested in the unknown. In other
words what we do not know or understand we try to understand. We try to
understand our surroundings. In doing this, we would have gained
knowledge. 

In Mowat's essay, "Observing Wolves", Mowat attempts to make first
contact by urinating his "territory". And he observes the wolves social
structure. He know that the wolves are observing him as well in his
essay. And he wonders if they would act the way they do around humans. 

In Goodall's essay, "First Observations", Goodall makes actual physical
contact with one of the chimpazees. But she does nothing to try to get
closer to them. Instead she goes on a scientific approach towards the
situation. She observes the chimpazees actually eating meat. She was
extremely surprised because the rest of the world thought that chimpazees
were vegetarians. She also observed the chimpazees making the use of
tools. Such as sticking a blade of grass into a termite mound to get at
the insects. 

In Booth's essay, "The Social Lives of Dolphins", Booth draws a parallel
between the lives of dolphins and the lives of chimpazees. He compares
the two creatures showing their likenesses. With some minor differences.
This essay is based on observations of another group as well, who were
Conner and Smolker (undergraduate students 1982). 

With the work of all the observers, it seem that even though we have been
on this earth for a million years. We are now just beginning to
understand it. The essays seems to say "We are beginning to understand
ourselves."