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An edition of Planet ape (2009)

Planet ape

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Detail of the great apes, including: where they live, how they live and the challenges they face. Illustrations compare apes with human beings, including their anatomy, social life, physical and mental development, diet and communication.

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Firefly Books
Language
English
Pages
288

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Subjects
Apes, Bildband, Menschenaffen, Verhaltensforschung, Grands singes, Pictorial works

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Meet the great apes
What is a great ape?
Evolution of the primates
Where do the great apes live?
Family portraits
Bornean orangutan
Sumatran orangutan
Western gorilla
Mountain gorilla
Chimpanzee
Bonobo
Prosimians
Old World monkeys
New World monkeys
Gibbons
Of apes and men
Shared traits of the great apes
The story of DNA
Extinct ancestors
Living relatives?
Uniquely human
How the human species advanced
The hunted ape
The performing ape
Apes observed
Apes studied in the wild
Ape intelligence
Apes and sign language
Apes in experiments
Ape anatomy
Apes on the outside
Size and shape
Bones, bodies, and limbs
Skeleton and posture
Muscles and moving
Faces
Hands and feet
Brains and nerves
Senses
Internal organs
The daily meal
Feeding and tool-use
Essentials of diet
Daily needs
Diet and dentition
A life of plants
Foraging strategies
Feeding routine : orangutan
Meat-eating
On the hunt
Communication skills
Why communicate?
Visual signals
Messages through sound
Touch, scent, and smell
Social life
Family matters
Living in numbers
Apes alone
Who's in charge
Social climbing
Playing
Joining and leaving
Territories
Sex life
How many mates?
Starting out
Courtship
Breeding cycles
Mating
Pregnancy
Birth and babies
The stages of life
Infancy
Childhood
Milestones of infancy
Adolescence
Adulthood
Illness, injury, and death
Growing threats
Natural threats
Habitat destruction
Hunting and poaching
Disease
Warfare
Not enough genes
Saving planet ape
Global efforts
Charity work
Ecotourism and community efforts
Captive-breeding
Rehabilitation and reintroduction
How we can help
Charities & organizations
Index & acknowledgments.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Buffalo, N.Y, Richmond Hill, Ont

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
599.88
Library of Congress
QL737.P96 M675 2009, , QL737.P96 M67 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
288 p. :
Number of pages
288

ID Numbers

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OL25081877M
Internet Archive
planetape00morr
ISBN 10
1554075661
ISBN 13
9781554075669
LCCN
2011499335
OCLC/WorldCat
317743725

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