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Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (320 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Kusasi is a three-hundred-pound male who could rip your arms and legs off like daisy petals if he wanted. Princess was taught sign language by a researcher and had a limited ability to combine vocabulary....For centuries the shaggy red orangutan lived in peaceful seclusion in the jungles of Southeast Asia and kept the ancient secrets about its quiet, contemplative nature. But that time has come to an end, as one of the earth's most intelligent creatures...
Author
Language
English
Description
Wildlife conservation has both monetary and non-monetary benefits, and the success of conservation projects depends on a mix of economic and biological factors. In Tanzania, the economic benefits of conservation projects have positively impacted the conservation attitudes of local people around the Selous Game Reserve. Option value is a useful tool to measure the potential benefits of wildlife conservation, and expressed preference or contingent valuation...
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.)
Language
English
Description
"When Eddie the elephant is separated from the rest of the herd, he meets Milo the monkey who is lost in the grasslands. Milo and Eddie discover a great new friendship, and a special ability of Eddie's--he can read! Will this discovery be made in time to save the heard from a peanut picking disaster?."--
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Roooaar! When Safari friends Milo and Eddie are woken by the ferocious roar in the grasslands, they go to investigate. They find Tasha the tiger with a terrible toothache. Can they help her find an emergency dentist and a new dental hygiene routine before it is too late?."--
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Milo the monkey has a craving - BANANAS! But there isn't a single banana in sight. Can Eddie's map of the savannah lead the way to Milo's favorite food in time for dinner?."--
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.)
Language
English
Description
"After saving the grasslands from a fire, the animals are thirsty! But they encounter another problem when they find their watering hole has been polluted. As the animals sanitize their water supply, Safari Friends Milo and Eddie uncover the culprits. Can they teach polluters learn about water conservation and clean up the watering hole?."--
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.)
Language
English
Description
"There is a fire on the savannah! When the elephants can't put it out, it is up to Safari friends Milo and Eddie to stop the grassfire! To do that, they need the help of the rhinos- the meanest animals in the savannah. Can they get the rhinos to help and make new friends before their home is destroyed?."--
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.)
Language
English
Description
"FOR SALE - One Anthill. Low, low price. When Milo and Eddie discover their friends the ants are moving, they find out their home is crumbling. Can they repair the anthill and make it feel like home before the ants leave the savannah?."--
Author
Series
Sanctuary Tales volume Book 1
Language
English
Description
Whiskers and Bear were two of the best dogs in the world. They didn't always listen or even try to listen, but they were loyal to a fault, and they were the best of friends. They hunted all of their food, and they protected our animal sanctuary with no regard for their own safety. --Provided by publisher.
10) Elkins Creek
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Language
English
Description
In 1994, James Patrick Akin made a plaster cast of a giant footprint in the swamps of a rural Georgia county. In the years since, this cast came to be known in the Bigfoot research community as the Elkins Creek Cast. In his book, Akin takes the reader along as he casts the giant footprint and explores the theories behind Bigfoot research and the interrelated nature of the unexplained.
Author
Language
English
Description
Burlington County, New Jersey is hardly a place where one might expect to find North American's scary great ape, the sasquatch. The county is directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, and 70 miles from New York City. By contrast, most of the thousands of Internet reports of encounters with the animal occur in places like Oregon and British Columbia. But this book reports 8 encounters since 1980 in Burlington County, all of which appear...
Author
Language
English
Description
Foot Notes explores the experiences of, first, a woman who lives in a remote area of Alabama. When the author is asked to help with the unnerving intrusion of the animals into her life, an extended adventure begins involving both women, and then with the author on her own.
Author
Language
English
Description
John Fowler takes us into the world of Karisoke Research Center, the remote mountain gorilla camp of Dr. Dian Fossey, a few years prior to her gruesome murder. Instead of the intrepid scientist he had admired in the pages of National Geographic, Fowler finds a chain-smoking, hard-drinking woman bullying her staff into submission. While pressures mount from powers beyond Karisoke in an effort to extricate Fossey from her domain of thirteen years, she...
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Language
English
Description
Amanka is a word from one of the languages used by people living in the rural north west of Uganda. It's a beautiful, rich word that means 'family'. Yet, in the forests and villages of this part of Uganda, and across much of tropical Africa and Asia, families are at war. In the narrowing margins between forest and farm, human and non-human, there is a growing conflict. A deadly conflict.
The Amanka Book Project has been coordinated by writer, David...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A controversial, idea-driven book that challenges everything you know about sex, marriage, family, and society"--Provided by publisher.
Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. But this narrative is collapsing. Here, renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá, while debunking almost everything we "know" about sex, offer a bold alternative explanation. Ryan and Jethá's central contention...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Dans ce livre, plongez dans le fascinant royaume de la cognition animale. Explorez les méandres des forêts avec les Grands Singes, plongez dans les océans avec les Dauphins, parcourez les plaines aux ctés des Éléphants, et observez le ciel avec les Corbeaux et les Corneilles. Ce voyage éclairant révèle les capacités étonnantes des animaux qui ont évolué aux ctés de l'humanité.À travers des histoires captivantes et des découvertes...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is real. When journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn't quite believe it. A natural skeptic and a strong believer...
Author
Language
English
Description
It was pure serendipity that we went on an African safari, but we are forever grateful that we did. We combined a visit with my brother and sister-in-law, a doctor and nurse volunteering at a hospital in Uganda with a safari to Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. Enjoy reading about what it was like to volunteer at a hospital in a small town in southwestern Uganda and the excitement and adventure of trekking mountain gorillas in Rwanda, camel rides in the...
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Language
English
Description
Ce livre est une exploration immersive de la vie fascinante des lions, offrant un regard approfondi sur leur comportement, leur écologie et les défis auxquels ils sont confrontés. De la stratégie de chasse aux liens sociaux complexes, ce best-seller vous emmènera dans un voyage inoubliable au cœur de la savane africaine. Explorez la vie quotidienne de ces félins majestueux, tout en découvrant les efforts de conservation déployés pour assurer...
20) Following Fifi
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Language
English
Description
As a young student, John Crocker embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, spending eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He followed families of wild chimpanzees from sunrise to sunset and learned the fundamental behavioral traits of these chimps as they raised their offspring. One chimpanzee captivated him. Her name was Fifi, and she displayed extraordinary patience and reassurance toward her infant, Freud. Upon returning home...
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