Download or read book Gorillas Men of the African Forest written by Caitlind L. Alexander and published by Learning Island. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorillas are huge, hairy, man-like creatures that live in Africa. How much do you know about them? Do you know: How long are a gorilla's arms? What is a gorilla's favorite food? Where does a gorilla sleep? Can gorillas tie knots? Find out what a gorilla looks like, where it lives, what it eats, what eats it, how babies are born, and other fun facts. Ages 7 to 10. All measurements in American and metric. This Educational Version includes activities designed to reinforce Common Core Curriculum Standards. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Download or read book Gorillas Men of the African Forest written by Caitlind L. Alexander and published by Learning Island. This book was released on with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorillas are huge, hairy, man-like creatures that live in Africa. How much do you know about them? Do you know: How long are a gorilla's arms? What is a gorilla's favorite food? Where does a gorilla sleep? Can gorillas tie knots? Find out what a gorilla looks like, where it lives, what it eats, what eats it, how babies are born, and other fun facts. Ages 7 - 10 Reading Level 3.8 All measurements in American and metric. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Download or read book Gorilla Tracking and Capturing the Ape man of Africa written by Benjamin Burbridge and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impenetrable Forest written by Thor Hanson and published by 1500 Books LLC. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A self-described eco-nerd Thor Hanson, scientist and writer, brought the nascent gorilla tourist program in Bwindi National Park, located within Africa's Impenetrable Forest, to life. With grace and good humor Hanson navigates the local customs, mores and bureaucracy governing everything from love to superstition to build infrastructure, hire and train staff, fend off millions of ants among many other creatures while studying and acclimating the mountain gorillas to humans in their midst.
Download or read book How Gorilla Closely Related to Human written by Nsesheye Nkota and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorilla is a powerfully built great ape, aggressive looking man with a large head and short neck, found in the forests of central Africa. They're peaceful, family oriented, plant-eating animals. Many people like to compare gorillas with humans. Scientists have shown that gorillas live in complex social groups, display individual personalities, make and use tools, and show emotions like grief and compassion. We shouldn't be surprised though - Gorillas are one of our closest living relatives, and they share at least 95% of their DNA with humans. British anthropologist Robin Dunbar criticized this basic philosophy, He argued this clearly in a 2008 article titled Why Humans Aren't Just Great Apes. Within this article Dunbar claims that humans are different from great apes in one critical respect: our imagination (Dunbar, 2008). Prof Jonathan Marks is in line with Dunbar in his post at website PopAnth called "Are we apes? No, we are humans". Like all great apes (except humans), gorillas require rain forests to make their living, and the forest depends upon them, too. The gorilla's fibrous scat acts as rich fertilizer for the forest, and seedlings sprout from it rapidly, making these animals important forest re-generators. In this book, you are going to see how Gorilla is closely related to human and now you will start to understand the Wisdom of the Jungle.
Download or read book The Impenetrable Forest written by Thor Hanson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lying in the remote hills of southwest Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest harbors elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys, and half the world's population of endangered mountain gorillas. For two years, Thor Hanson called that forest home, working with local guides and trackers to develop an ecotourism program for the newly-formed Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Thoroughly researched and beautifully told, Hanson's story blends natural history with cultural insight to place the forest and the gorillas in the context of modern Africa. The Impenetrable Forest offers a rare glimpse into the world of mountain gorillas, and the human cultures that surround them. A must-read for anyone interested in gorilla tracking, endangered species, or travel to Uganda.
Download or read book Stories of the Gorilla Country Narrated for Young People written by Paul B. Du Chaillu and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Stories of the Gorilla Country, Narrated for Young People" by Paul B. Du Chaillu. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Eating Apes written by Dale Peterson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation As Jane Goodall never fails to mention, "bush meat is the greatest conservation crisis in my lifetime." This book documents in text and photographs how wild animals in the Congo Basin, particularly the Great Apes but also chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas, are slaughtered and used for human consumption.
Download or read book Gorillas in the Mist written by Dian Fossey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1983 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents thirteen years of field research on the endangered mountain gorilla of the African rain forest.
Download or read book Lost in the Jungle written by Paul Du Chaillu and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third classic study of African wildlife, culture, and native tribes as they existed in the mid-1800s, written by the first European explorer to confirm the existence of gorillas and African pygmies. Following on from his Stories of the Gorilla Country and Wild Life Under the Equator, adventurer Paul du Chaillu describes in vivid detail African life before the advent of European colonization, and the astonishing practices, culture, and environment which existed at this time. This work is particularly valuable as it shows, without prejudice or favor, Africa as it was, as seen by one of the first European explorers to set foot inside the interior of the Dark Continent. Read of witchcraft trials, and the tribe members' astonishment at their first sight of a white man, their amazement at everyday items such as clothes, shoes, socks, hats, a music-box, and a mirror, and of how the Apingi tribe appointed him as king. This is truly a story of how a white man went where no European had ever gone before. This book is another eye-opening account of Africa in its natural state, and contains many sobering lessons applicable to the present-day-if the reader has the vision to see and understand their meaning. This is a hand-restored and re-set edition, complete with original illustrations.
Download or read book The Last Stand of the Gorilla written by C. Nellemann and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2010 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift. Poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from logging, mining and charcoal production are amongst these threats, in addition to natural epidemics such as ebola and the new risk of diseases passed from humans to gorillas. Alarmingly, parts of the region are experiencing intensified exploitation and logging of its forest, in some cases even within protected areas. In the DRC, many of these activities are controlled by militias illegally extracting natural resources such as gold, tin and coltan as well as producing charcoal for local communities, urban areas, camps for people displaced by fighting and sometimes even to communities across the border. These militias are located, motivated, armed and financed directly by this illegal extraction of minerals, timber and charcoal. A network of intermediaries including multinational companies or their subsidiaries, neighbouring countries and corrupt officials, are involved in the transportation and procurement of resources which stem from areas controlled by militia, or for which no legal exploitation permission exists
Download or read book Walking With Gorillas written by Charlotte Beauvoisin and published by Horizon Guides. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s something undoubtedly fascinating about our giant cousins, the magnificent mountain gorillas of Sub-Saharan Africa. It’s partially down to their sheer size — you can’t fail to be impressed by a creature that colossal. But there’s something deeper, more endearing. The combination of awesome strength with profound gentleness; the depth of their social bonds; their harmony with their environment; their vulnerability and their struggle to survive. Perhaps our fascination comes from us seeing in them what we wish we saw in ourselves?
Download or read book Walking With Gorillas written by Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Inspiring Memoir, for Fans of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Frans De Waal. In her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career protecting endangered mountain gorillas and other wild animals. She is also the defender of people as a groundbreaking promoter of human public health and an advocate for revolutionary integrated approaches to saving our planet. In an increasingly interconnected world, animal and human health alike depend on sustainable solutions and Dr. Gladys has developed an innovative approach to conservation among the endangered Mountain Gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and their human neighbors. Walking with Gorillas takes the reader on an incredible personal journey with Dr. Gladys, from her early days as a student in Uganda, enduring the assassination of her father during a military coup, to her veterinarian education in England to establishing the first veterinary department for the Ugandan government to founding one of the first organizations in the world that enables people to coexist with wildlife through improving the health and wellbeing of both. Her award-winning approach reduced the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on critically endangered mountain gorillas. In the face of discrimination and a male dominated world, one woman’s passion and determination to build a brighter future for the local wildlife and human community offers inspiration and insights into what is truly possible for our planet when we come together.
Download or read book Encountering Gorillas written by James L. Newman and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorillas, the largest of the apes inhabiting our planet, have been a source of fear, awe, and inspiration to humans. In this book, James L. Newman brings a lifetime of study of Africa to his compelling story of the rich and varied interaction between gorillas and humans since earliest contact. He illuminates the complex relationship over time through the interlinked themes of discovery, exploitation, understanding, and continuing survival. Tragically, the number of free-living gorillas—facing habitat loss, disease, and poaching—has declined dramatically over the course of the past century, and the future of the few that remain is highly uncertain. At the same time, those in zoos and sanctuaries now lead much more secure lives than they did earlier. Newman follows this transition, highlighting the roles played by key individuals, both humans and gorillas. Among the former have been adventurers, opportunists, writers, and scientists. The latter include real gorillas, such as Gargantua and Koko, and fictional ones, notably King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. This thoughtful and engaging book helps us understand how our image of gorillas has been both distorted and clarified through culture and science for centuries and how we now control the destiny of these magnificent great apes.
Download or read book Meet the Gorilla written by Caitlind L. Alexander and published by Learning Island. This book was released on with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a shortened version of our popular “Gorillas: Men of the African Forest” and is intended for beginning readers. With only 1107 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves the joy of learning about the gorilla. They will find out the answers to these questions: Do gorillas walk around on their back legs? How long are a gorilla’s teeth? Where does a male gorilla sleep? How many kinds of gorillas are there? Can gorillas swim? And many more! Ages 5-8 Reading Level: 2.6 LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Download or read book In the Kingdom of Gorillas written by Bill Weber and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the attempts of the authors to protect and study the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, discussing the foundation of the Mountain Gorilla Project as well as the ecological and political situation of Rwanda.
Download or read book Stories of the Batwa Pygmies of Buhoma Uganda written by Tony Schwartz and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to protect endangered animal species often have negatively impacted powerless indigenous people livingtraditional lifestyles. This photo-essay illustrates one such example: How the laudable effort to protect CriticallyEndangered mountain gorillas (and income-producing ecotourism) has affected the Batwa Pygmies of southwestUganda, in East Africa. The Batwa are one of the most ancient races on earth, who for millennia had lived alongside themountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The Ugandan government forcibly evicted the Batwa in1992, when the forest was designated a World Heritage Site and was renamed the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.The government has never assisted the Batwa with compensation, means of supporting themselves, or housing.In December 2017, photographer Tony Schwartz interviewed nine Batwa. Photographs were acquired during theinterviews, and demonstrations by the Batwa of how they previously had existed in the forest. They gave personalaccounts of their former way of life, told a story derived from their ancient and rich oral history, and related thedevastating and deadly effects the eviction has had on their lives and culture. We have reported these individual stories, experiences and perceptions, as it is our belief that the fabric of a people is comprised of individual threads.This book documents two opposing impacts of an effort to protect endangered wildlife. On the one hand, thepopulation of mountain gorillas has increased associated with their protection. On the other hand, this has come atgreat expense to the Batwa Pygmies
