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Among Orangutans

Author : Carel van Schaik
Publisher : teNeues
ISBN 13 : 9780674015777
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Among Orangutans written by Carel van Schaik and published by teNeues. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The local people know him as the "Man of the Forest," who refused to speak for fear of being put to work. And indeed the bear-like Sumatran orangutan, with his moon face, lanky arms, and shaggy red hair, does seem uncannily human; one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, the orangutan may have much to tell us about the origins of human intelligence, technology, and culture. In this book one of the world's leading experts on Sumatran orangutans, working in collaboration with nature photographer Perry van Duijnhoven, takes us deep into the disappearing world of these captivating primates. In a narrative that is part adventure, part field journal, part call to conscience, Carel van Schaik introduces us to the colorful characters and complex lives of the orangutans who inhabit the vanishing forests of Sumatra. In compelling words and pictures, we come to know the personalities and temperaments of our primate cousins as they go about their days: building double-decker tree nests; using leaves as napkins, gloves, rain hats, and blankets, and sticks as backscratchers and probes; nurturing their infants longer and more intensely than any other nonhuman mammal. Here are the births and deaths, the first use of a tool, the defeat of a rival, the gradual loss of influence that, while fascinating to observe, may also help us to reconstruct human evolution.

Among the Orangutans

Author : Evelyn Gallardo
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811804080
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Among the Orangutans written by Evelyn Gallardo and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1993-03 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life and research of Birute Galdikas, prominent expert on the behavior of orangutans in the wild.

Orangutans

Author : Serge A. Wich
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191574597
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Orangutans written by Serge A. Wich and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes one of our closest relatives, the orangutan, and the only extant great ape in Asia. It is increasingly clear that orangutan populations show extensive variation in behavioural ecology, morphology, life history, and genes. Indeed, on the strength of the latest genetic and morphological evidence, it has been proposed that orangutans actually constitute two species which diverged more than a million years ago - one on the island of Sumatra the other on Borneo, with the latter comprising three subspecies. This book has two main aims. The first is to carefully compare data from every orangutan research site, examining the differences and similarities between orangutan species, subspecies and populations. The second is to develop a theoretical framework in which these differences and similarities can be explained. To achieve these goals the editors have assembled the world's leading orangutan experts to rigorously synthesize and compare the data, quantify the similarities or differences, and seek to explain them. Orangutans is the first synthesis of orangutan biology to adopt this novel, comparative approach. It analyses and compares the latest data, developing a theoretical framework to explain morphological, life history, and behavioural variation. Intriguingly, not all behavioural differences can be attributed to ecological variation between and within the two islands; relative rates of social learning also appear to have been influential. The book also emphasizes the crucial impact of human settlement on orangutans and looks ahead to the future prospects for the survival of critically endangered natural populations.

Orangutans

Author : Junaidi Payne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780262162531
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Orangutans written by Junaidi Payne and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary photographs in color by award-winning photographer Cede Prudente reveal little-seen aspects of orangutan life in the rainforest and showcase the breathtaking landscapes of Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutans also includes a map of orangutan distribution and information on where to see orangutans in the wild."--BOOK JACKET.

Decolonizing Extinction

Author : Juno Salazar Parreñas
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822371944
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Decolonizing Extinction written by Juno Salazar Parreñas and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Decolonizing Extinction Juno Salazar Parreñas ethnographically traces the ways in which colonialism, decolonization, and indigeneity shape relations that form more-than-human worlds at orangutan rehabilitation centers on Borneo. Parreñas tells the interweaving stories of wildlife workers and the centers' endangered animals while demonstrating the inseparability of risk and futurity from orangutan care. Drawing on anthropology, primatology, Southeast Asian history, gender studies, queer theory, and science and technology studies, Parreñas suggests that examining workers’ care for these semi-wild apes can serve as a basis for cultivating mutual but unequal vulnerability in an era of annihilation. Only by considering rehabilitation from perspectives thus far ignored, Parreñas contends, could conservation biology turn away from ultimately violent investments in population growth and embrace a feminist sense of welfare, even if it means experiencing loss and pain.

Wattana

Author : Chris Herzfeld
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022616859X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Wattana written by Chris Herzfeld and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She likes tea, sews, draws on papers and is a self-taught master of tying and untying knots. But she is not a crafty woman of the DIY set: she is Wattana, an orangutan who lives in the Jardin des Plantes Zoo in Paris. And it is in Paris where Chris Herzfeld first encounters and becomes impressed by Wattana and her exceptional abilities with knots. In Wattana: An Orangutan in Paris Herzfeld tells not only Wattana’s fascinating story, but also the story of orangutans and other primates—including bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas—in captivity. Offering a uniquely intimate look at the daily lives of captive great apes, Herzfeld uses Wattana’s life to trace the history of orangutans from their first arrival in Europe in 1776 to the inhabitants of the Zoo of Paris and other zoos today. She provides a close look at the habits, technical know-how, and skills of Wattana, who, remarkably, uses strings, paper rolls, rope, and even pieces of wood to make things. And she thoughtfully explores how apes individually—and often with ingenuity—come to terms with and adapt to their captive environments and caretakers. Through these stories, Wattana sympathetically reveals the extraordinary psychology and distinctive personalities of great apes as well as the interconnections between animal and human lives, especially in zoos. Scientists predict that orangutans will disappear from the wild by 2030, and captive animals like Wattana may, as a result, provide our best chance to understand and appreciate their astonishing intelligence and abilities. Wattana, the accomplished maker of knots, is the hero of this poignant book, which will enthrall anyone curious about the lives of our primate cousins.

The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans

Author : Sue Taylor Parker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139429299
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans written by Sue Taylor Parker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-26 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on the mental abilities of chimpanzees and bonobos has been widely celebrated and used in reconstructions of human evolution. In contrast, less attention has been paid to the abilities of gorillas and orangutans. This 1999 volume aims to help complete the picture of hominoid cognition by bringing together the work on gorillas and orangutans and setting it in comparative perspective. The introductory chapters set the evolutionary context for comparing cognition in gorillas and orangutans to that of chimpanzees, bonobos and humans. The remaining chapters focus primarily on the kinds and levels of intelligence displayed by orangutans and gorillas compared to other great apes, including performances in the classic domains of tool use and tool making, imitation, self-awareness, social communication and symbol use. All those wanting more information on the mental abilities of these sometimes neglected, but important primates will find this book a treasure trove.

Wild Man from Borneo

Author : Robert Cribb
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824840267
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Wild Man from Borneo written by Robert Cribb and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Man from Borneo offers the first comprehensive history of the human-orangutan encounter. Arguably the most humanlike of all the great apes, particularly in intelligence and behavior, the orangutan has been cherished, used, and abused ever since it was first brought to the attention of Europeans in the seventeenth century. The red ape has engaged the interest of scientists, philosophers, artists, and the public at large in a bewildering array of guises that have by no means been exclusively zoological or ecological. One reason for such a long-term engagement with a being found only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is that, like its fellow great apes, the orangutan stands on that most uncomfortable dividing line between human and animal, existing, for us, on what has been called “the dangerous edge of the garden of nature.” Beginning with the scientific discovery of the red ape more than three hundred years ago, this work goes on to examine the ways in which its human attributes have been both recognized and denied in science, philosophy, travel literature, popular science, literature, theatre, museums, and film. The authors offer a provocative analysis of the origin of the name “orangutan,” trace how the ape has been recruited to arguments on topics as diverse as slavery and rape, and outline the history of attempts to save the animal from extinction. Today, while human populations increase exponentially, that of the orangutan is in dangerous decline. The remaining “wild men of Borneo” are under increasing threat from mining interests, logging, human population expansion, and the widespread destruction of forests. The authors hope that this history will, by adding to our knowledge of this fascinating being, assist in some small way in their preservation.

World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation

Author : Julian Oliver Caldecott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520246330
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation written by Julian Oliver Caldecott and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and authoritative review of the distribution and conservation status of Great Apes includes individual country profiles for each species and overview chapters on ape biology, ecology, and conservation challenges.

Reflections of Eden

Author : Biruté Marija Filomena Galdikas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780575400023
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections of Eden written by Biruté Marija Filomena Galdikas and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1971 Birute Galdikas has lived and worked in the forests of Borneo, documenting the lives of the orangutans. This text describes her groundbreaking scientific and conservation work that has been recorded in more than a dozen television documentaries

Orangutan Odyssey

Author : Biruté Marija Filomena Galdikas
Publisher : New York : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Orangutan Odyssey written by Biruté Marija Filomena Galdikas and published by New York : Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this pictorial essay, Galdikas brings to life her work with these shy & 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 & offers rare glimpses of their behavior in the wild.

Orangutans

Author : Robert W. Shumaker
Publisher : Colin Baxter Photography
ISBN 13 : 9781841073699
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Orangutans written by Robert W. Shumaker and published by Colin Baxter Photography. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging introduction to the natural history of orangutans by one of the world's foremost researchers on the species.

Thinkers of the Jungle

Author : Gerd Schuster
Publisher : H.F.Ullmann Publishing Gmbh
ISBN 13 : 9783833146237
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Thinkers of the Jungle written by Gerd Schuster and published by H.F.Ullmann Publishing Gmbh. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Orangutans

Author : Anne E. Russon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781552979983
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Orangutans written by Anne E. Russon and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition: "A fascinating firsthand account of the behavior and intelligence of orangutans, Russon's book is also an account of the successes, failures, and politics of orangutan rehabilitation in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra... The book is lavishly illustrated with full color photographs." - Choice The only great apes found in Asia, these arboreal wizards are by nature elusive and solitary, and inhabit nearly inaccessible tropical rainforests. The tragedy is that orangutans are almost extinct, surviving in the wild only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra where human influx is rapidly appropriating their habitat. Based on fifteen years of research, this extraordinary and definitive book focuses on orangutan intelligence and behavior. This book includes: A scientific history of orangutans Detailed descriptions of orangutans and their natural habitat Astonishing behavior patterns Rehabilitation operations at Camp Leakey and Wanariset The complex politics of orangutan rescue work Results of orangutans released back into the forest Updated resources What the future holds for these primates. With one hundred color photographs taken by the author during her visits to the rainforests, Orangutans is an absorbing and instructive look at the unusual world of orangutans.

The Orang Utan

Author : L.E.M. de Boer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9789061937029
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Orang Utan written by L.E.M. de Boer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1982-09-30 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Neglected Ape

Author : Biruté M.F. Galdikas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489910913
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book The Neglected Ape written by Biruté M.F. Galdikas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The orangutan is the most highly endangered species of great ape. Orangutans are threatened by deforestation, poaching, the illegal pet trade, and the isolation and fragmen tation of dwindling wild populations. Their conservation is impeded by certain aspects of their ecology (e. g. , a rain forest habitat) and certain features of their life history (e. g. , an eight-to twelve-year interbirth interval). Added to the U. S. Endangered Species List in 1970, the orangutan is now clearly on the road to extinction. The number of wild orangutans in Borneo and Sumatra is currently estimated to have decreased to between 12,300 and 20,571 individuals. Only 2% of original orangutan habitat is protected and some of these areas are now being destroyed. Clearly, attention to ecology, demography, censusing, rehabilitation, and conservation is essential if the orangutan is to survive in the wild beyond the next century. The protection of orangutans is a complex, multifaceted problem, involving such pressing issues as human poverty, overpopulation, and the economic development of Southeast Asia. Although the orangutan has been placed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), more orangutans were sold illegally in Taiwan between 1990 and 1993 than are housed in all the world's zoos. In the past, scientific and public attention has centered on the African apes. For this reason, the sole Asian great ape, the orangutan, has been called the "neglected ape.

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9464635363
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (646 download)

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