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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 111 min.)
Language
English
Description
It would be hard to name anyone who has had more of an impact in the realm of animal research and wildlife conservation than Jane Goodall, whose 45 year study of wild chimpanzees in Africa is legendary. In Jane's Journey, we travel with her across several continents, from her childhood home in England, to the Gombe National Park in Tanzania where she began her groundbreaking research and where she still returns every year to enjoy the company of the...
3) Unsaid
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A veterinarian and her husband grapple with the meaning behind their lives in this "extraordinary story of animals, mortality, and the power of love" (Garth Stein, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain).
Unsaid is told from the perspective of Helena Colden, a veterinarian who has just died of breast cancer. Helena is forced to witness the rapid emotional deterioration of her husband David. With Helena's passing, David, a successful...
4) Toby Tyler
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Angered at his stern uncle, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee.
5) Chimpanzee
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mama?s Last Hug begins with the death of Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. When Mama was dying, van Hooff took the unusual step of visiting her in her night cage for a last hug. Their goodbyes were filmed and went viral. Millions of people were deeply moved by the way Mama embraced the professor, welcoming him with a big smile while reassuring him by patting his neck, in a gesture often considered typically...
9) Project Nim
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
12) Chimpanzee
Publisher
Disneynature
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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. Afterwards, 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.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 172 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Polar bears: Photographer Dan Guravich captured these ... images of Polar Bears in over 50 trips to the Arctic. Pandas: Dr. Sue Mainka has worked in China since 1987 to help ensure the survival of the Panda. Grizzlies: The rain forest of British Columbia is one of the last great habitats for the Grizzly and Wayne McCrory is a passionate protector of that habitat. Chimpanzees of Uganda: Colin Chapman follows endangered chimps and monkeys in the...
Series
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1959, the United States Air Force captured dozens of baby chimpanzees in Africa, transporting them to Alamogordo, New Mexico, where they and their offspring were to endure a grueling life as the ultimate human stand-ins. From experiments in space travel and high-velocity crash tests, to pharmaceutical testing and hepatitis and AIDS research, to roles on the silver and small screens, these original Air Force chimpanzees and others that followed...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xv, 254 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A former student and colleague of Jane Goodall shares stories of chimps and their heroes, and takes readers on a journey to save man's closest relative."--from the publisher's website.
Publisher
SlingShot Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Enter the minds, hearts and world of the wild chimpanzees. Dr. Goodall's discoveries in forty years of research at Gombe - including her groundbreaking observations of chimpanzees making and using tools - have not only revolutionized our understanding of the chimps, but ultimately of human behavior itself.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Freeman family--Charles, Laurel, and their daughters, teenage Charlotte and nine-year-old Callie--have been invited to the Toneybee Institute in rural Massachusetts to participate in a research experiment. They will live in an apartment on campus with Charlie, a young chimp abandoned by his mother. The Freemans were selected for the experiment because they know sign language; they are supposed to teach it to Charlie and welcome him as a member...
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