TORONTO - Jane Goodall is being remembered by Canadians as irreplaceable in her environmental work.

The Jane Goodall Institute announced Wednesday that she had died of natural causes while in California during a U.S. speaking tour. She was 91.

Born in London in 1934, the conservationist was renowned for environmental advocacy that started with her field research on chimpanzees in what is now Tanzania.

Goodall spent months observing the animals, watching them use tools and do other activities that were previously believed to be exclusive to human beings.

Her documented observations also noted the animals each had distinct personalities, and her discoveries went on to transform how the world perceived the emotional and social complexity of all animals through several documentary and maga

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