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Product Identifiers
PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-10081095575X
ISBN-139780810955752
eBay Product ID (ePID)17038731482
Product Key Features
Book TitleGreat Ape Odyssey
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAnimals / Primates, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Photography, Science
AuthorBirute Mary Galdikas
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight41.1 Oz
Item Length11.5 in
Item Width10.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-025012
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromEighth Grade
Photographed byAmmann, Karl
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal599.88
SynopsisOne of the world's leading experts on orangutans--and one of famed anthropologist and archaeologist Dr. Louis Leakey's three "angels," an elite trio of scientists consisting of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Galdikas--shares her knowledge of the great apes., Mythologized since the days of Aristotle, few animals have captured the popular imagination as the great apes, here identified as gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans. Yet, our understanding of these apes as the blood kin of humans - nearly identical in biological composition and strikingly similar in some behaviours - has been much disputed throughout history. It has taken over a century of research and scientific discoveries to dispel the Victorian notion and portrayal of these animals as savage, aggressive, fearful beasts. Along with Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas has dedicated her life to studying apes in their natural habitat and has become one of the world's leading authorities on orangutans. One hundred and twenty-five engaging, up-close images, taken on location in the dense forests of Borneo and the tree-top canopies of Africa by internationally renowned wildlife photographer Karl Ammann, illustrate the lives and behaviours of these fascinating creatures. Great Ape Odyssey offers an overview of what we have learned about these intriguing, humanlike animals, and in turn, what they can teach us about ourselves., Early in her career in the late 1960s, Biruti Galdikas was handpicked, along with Jane Goodall and the late Dian Fossey, by the renowned paleontologist Louis Leakey to go out into the world and study the great apes. She went on to dedicate her life to observing orangutans in their natural habitat and has become one of the world's leading authorities on orangutans. I had reached the point where it was hard for me to see the differences between apes and humans
LC Classification NumberQL737.P96G353 2005
