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Chimpanzees Behavior Chimpanzees Habits and behavior Chimpanzees Juvenile literature Chimpanzees Tanzania Gombe National Park Juvenile literature Emotions in animals Goodall, Jane 1934- Juvenile literature Primatologists England Biography Juvenile literature Women Biography Juvenile literature Women primatologists England Biography Juvenile literature Zoologists Juvenile literatureWaal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.)
Summary: A whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on De Waal's renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos, and other primates. De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, Mama's life and death, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.885 WAAWaal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.)
Summary: Mama's Last Hug opens with the dramatic farewell between Mama, a dying fifty-nine-year-old chimpanzee matriarch, and biologist Jan Van Hooff. This heartfelt final meeting of two longtime friends, widely shared as a video, offers a window into how deep and instantly recognizable these bonds can be. So begins Frans de Waal's whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 599.885 WAASummary: The story of Nim, the chimpanzee who became the focus of a landmark 1970s experiment to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. But as Nim's natural instincts take over and the humans trusted with his well-being fail to protect him, Project Nim uncovers the unflinching and extraordinary journey of one animal thrust into human society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2012
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Summary: One of the world's foremost primatologists explores what our two closest relatives in the animal kingdom--the violent, power-hungry chimpanzee and the cooperative, empathetic bonobo--can tell us about the duality of our own human nature. We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 156 WAASummary: Oscar, a baby chimpanzee, is enjoying his life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, young Oscar is orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees. Afterward, he attempts to survive on his own, and to be accepted by the other chimps. Oscar struggles until he is adopted by the alpha male of his group.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CHIGoodall, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.885 GOOGoodall, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.884 LAWLindsey, Jennifer
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599 GOOPettit, Jayne.
Summary: A biography of the zoologist focussing on her work with the chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB GOODALL PETMarsico, Katie
Summary: Provides information about chimpanzees, including anatomy, behavior, and intelligence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012