The Great Apes
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (597 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1567997341 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Book by Lindsey, Jennifer
A Fantastic Book The Great Apes - a brilliant book full of fantastic photographs of our next of kin. A must read for anyone interested in great apes or the people who study and protect them.
Altogether, it's the best single-volume guide to our next of kin. You end up with a good feeling for the characters of the different apes and how they differ in environment and personality, from the quiet gorillas to the sensual bonobos. But zookeepers know them as the animal Houdinis, leading tool users and escape artists. The Great Apes includes many sidebar biographies of both human primatologists and famous individual apes. --Mary Ellen Curtin. This lavishly illustrated book is a superb guide to all four species. The chapters are organized by topic--ecology, social life, mind, and conservation--and do an exceptional job of