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Author Schuster, Gerd, 1946-

Uniform Title Denker des Dschungels. English
Title Thinkers of the jungle / Gerd Schuster, Willie Smits, Jay Ullal ; [translation into English, Marrie Powell (main text), Michael Scuffil (captions)].

Imprint [Königswinter, Germany] : H.F. Ullmann, ©2008.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  599.883 Sch88t 2008    New Books Axe 1st Floor  Available
Description 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 33 cm
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Contents Little Bali's tale of woe : a taste of orangutan reality -- Queen Victoria's abhorrence and the lack of interest of the explorers : the discovery of the orangutan -- Who is this, the "Forest Man"? : description of a little-known cousin of the jungle -- Medication against migraine and malaria : the "green pharmacy" of the ape field botanist -- Seven years of training, five years of mother's milk and eternal ape-love : the sheltered childhood of the orangutans -- Brains, genius, or common sense : what is inside an ape's head? -- Alma and the tin-opener, Unyil's "rope trick" and Uce's love for symbols : encounters with orangutan intelligence -- Ape culture : could this be possible? -- From bushmeat to a 50,000-dollar export article : the history of a genocide -- The oil which nobody knows : the palm oil boom and the end of the last rainforests -- Nightmare and ape apocalypse : a journey to the logger front in Kalimantan -- "Nobody is doing anything!" : the mournful search for animal-welfare activists who give real support to orangutans -- Grand words and nothing behind them : how UNEP helps orangutans -- From Meranti proliferator to orangutan protector : Willie Smits" journey to the apes -- Human beings as climbing teachers and jungle trainers for orangutans : an almost impossible task -- Mawas, the last refuge for the orangutans : why ape protection is also protection for human beings -- So similar and yet so different : the species and subspecies of the orangutan, from Pongo abelii to Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus -- The Pongo pygmaeus Polaroids : how ape female Uce got photos for her "family album" -- Psychograph of a primate : experiences with a thousand orangutans -- The fairy tale of Samboja Lestari : a dream comes true.
Linking Entry Published also in German.
Note Includes index.
Summary Offers insight into the lives of orangutans in the jungles of Borneo and Sumatra, including their mental development, the mother-child relationship, and efforts to continue protecting them from death for profit.
Language Translated from the German.
Subject Bornean orangutan -- Indonesia.
Bornean orangutan -- Pictorial works.
Bornean orangutan -- Conservation.
Endangered species.
Bornean orangutan.
Pongo pygmaeus (species) (CStmoGRI)aat300310414
Bornean orangutan. (OCoLC)fst01047182
Endangered species. (OCoLC)fst00909658
Indonesia. (OCoLC)fst01209242
Genre/Form Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Added Author Smits, Willie.
Ullal, Jay, 1933-
Powell, Marrie, translator.
Scuffil, Michael, translator.
Added Title Orangutan report
ISBN 9783833146237
3833146230
9780841602854
0841602859

 
    
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