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The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years, this volume presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not entirely survive this century.Dale Peterson's text provides a natural and cultural history of the world's tallest and second-biggest land animals, describing in detail their biology and behavior. He offers a new perspective on the giraffes' place in our world, and argues for the stronger protection of these imposing yet endangered creatures and their elusive forest relatives, the okapis.Some 120 stunning photographs by award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann capture the grace and elegance of Giraffa camelopardalis. Both beautiful and informative, the images document giraffes' complex interactions with each other and their environment.
Giraffe. --- Giraffe --- Giraffa camelopardalis --- Giraffes --- Giraffa --- africa. --- all things animal. --- animal behavior. --- animal habitats. --- animal sanctuaries. --- animals and pets. --- animals. --- astonishing gentleness. --- beauty. --- biology. --- bushman. --- camelopards. --- complex interactions. --- conservation. --- ecology. --- elusive forest. --- endangered creatures. --- engaging. --- environmental. --- giraffes. --- lively. --- mammal zoology. --- natural world. --- nature. --- page turner. --- photographs. --- photography. --- science. --- social science. --- stunning photographs. --- wildlife photography. --- wildlife protection. --- zoology.
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Eating Apes is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes-chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned exposé details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for only about one percent of the commercial bush meat trade, today's rate of slaughter could bring about their extinction in the next few decades. Supported by compelling color photographs by award-winning photographer Karl Ammann, Eating Apes documents the when, where, how, and why of this rapidly accelerating disaster. Eating Apes persuasively argues that the American conservation media have failed to report the ongoing collapse of the ape population. In bringing the facts of this crisis and these impending extinctions into a single, accessible book, Peterson takes us one step closer to averting one of the most disturbing threats to our closest relatives.
Apes --- Wildlife conservation --- Ape meat industry --- african apes. --- african forests. --- american media. --- ape populations. --- ape slaughter. --- asian companies. --- bonobos. --- bush meat. --- central africa. --- chimpanzees. --- color photographs. --- commercial ape meat. --- conservation. --- consumption of animals. --- easy to read. --- endangered species. --- environmental loss. --- european companies. --- evolutionary relatives. --- expose piece. --- extinction. --- gorillas. --- great apes. --- karl ammann. --- logging. --- nonfiction. --- population collapse. --- primates. --- primatology.
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Surgery --- Surgery, Veterinary. --- Veterinary surgery. --- Veterinary.
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