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Orangutan Odyssey

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List Price: $39.95
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Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.883095983
EAN: 9780810936942
ISBN: 0810936941
Label: Harry N. Abrams
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Studio: Harry N. Abrams

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For more than 25 years, renowned primatologist Birut Galdikas has lived among the orangutans of Borneo, studying their habits, defending them against loggers and poachers, and nurturing their orphaned youngsters. Now, with this extraordinary pictorial essay, Galdikas brings to life her work with these shy and endangered red apes. Taking readers to her remote rainforest headquarters, Galdikas draws on Karl Ammann's unparalleled photographs to present intimate portraits of the individual orangutans she's come to know and offers rare glimpses of their behavior in the wild. With an introduction by famed chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall-who, like Galdikas and Dian Fossey, is a Louis Leakey protge-this is a superb and revelatory volume for nature and animal lovers everywhere. 100 photographs in full color, 1 map, 10 11/4 x 10 11/4" BIRUT M. F. GALDIKAS, who received her Ph.D. from UCLA, teaches at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, and at Indonesia's Universi tas Nasional. She is president of the Orangutan Foundation International in Los Angeles. NANCY BRIGGS, who has long worked with Galdikas in both Los Angeles and Borneo, is professor of communications at California State University, Long Beach, and director of education at the Orangutan Foundation International. Karl Ammann is an award-winning wildlife photographer based in Kenya.

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Summary: IF EVOLUTION IS TRUE, WHY ARE THERE STILL APES AND MONKEYS???
Comment: If evolution is true, why are there still apes and monkeys???

Well?

:D

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Summary: Kusasi- Dominant Male of the Orangutans
Comment: This is a great book about the orangutans of Borneo that are being studied by Birute M.F. Galdikas. It talks about Princess, Uranus, Yaiyat, and the powerful Kusasi. Great for people who love Orangutans and want to help save their enviroment.

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Summary: Orangutan Odyssey
Comment: This book has wonderful historical information relating to the first accounts of orangutans and other animals like apes and chimpanzees. It also recounts how society's perception of these wonderful animals has changed over time, and how oragutans tie into our concept of human evolution. There a tons of just great photos and little stories.

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