| Description |
320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 33 cm |
| 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 boings -- 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. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Linking Entry |
Published also in German. |
| Subject |
Bornean orangutan -- Indonesia.
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Bornean orangutan -- Pictorial works.
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Bornean orangutan -- Conservation.
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Endangered species.
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Pongo pygmaeus -- Indonesia.
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| Added Author |
Smits, Willie.
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Ullal, Jay, 1933-
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Powell, Marrie, trans.
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Scuffil, Michael, trans.
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| Added Title |
Denker des Dschungels. English
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| Spine Title |
Thinkers of the jungle : the orangutan report |
| Added Title |
Orangutan report |
| Other Editions: |
Schuster, Gerd. Die Denker des Dschungels c2007 9783833146220 ger (OCoLC)179660793 |
| ISBN |
9783833146237 |
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3833146230 |
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9780841602854 |
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0841602859 |
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