Bibliograph

Planet ape, Desmond Morris with Steve Parker

Type

Label

Planet ape, Desmond Morris with Steve Parker

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Planet ape

Oclc number

317743725

Responsibility statement

Desmond Morris with Steve Parker

Summary

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

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

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