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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 50 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An Introduction To The Primates, covers 41 species of primates ranging from the 300 gram sized pygmy slow loris to the 200 kilogram sized gorilla. At least ten of these are extremely endangered species, including the Zanzibar red colobus, (filmed in Zanzibar) and the potto, aye-aye, and Drill, all of which occur in less than half a dozen sites in captivity. The tarsier is represented although unfortunately no video is available. The animals are organized...
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...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 47 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This program is designed to introduce Primatology students to the range of monkeys of the Super family Ceboidea originating from Central and South America. Material on twenty -two species is included, covering all five of the families recently defined by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
4) Five Species
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Three species of monkeys and two apes living in their natural habitat in Africa are compared in this video. The monkeys include the veret, the blue monkey and the black and white colobus, while the apes are common chimpanzees and eastern lowland gorillas.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 31 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This video compares 3 species of monkey, one prosimian and two types of apes, all living in a zoo setting. These are Japanese macaques, lion tail macaques, mandrills, black lemurs, orangutans and lowland gorillas.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 24 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this video we see the savanna baboons of Africa in various regions of their natural habitat, but with an emphasis on woodlands and forested regions since most other baboon films focus on the open savanna. The video emphasizes various roles filled by animals in a troop with particular attention paid to the range of behaviors seen in males.
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: 3.1 - 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
"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?."--
10) Peanut Picking
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?."--
11) Tiger Toothache
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: 3.2 - 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
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...
14) Macaques
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This video presents an overview of the genus Macaca, beginning with a discussion of their place in the primate order and their adaptability. This potential for eating a wide variety of foods and living in both temperate and tropical environments at a variety of altitudes means they are very similar to humans in their ability to exploit a range of habitats.
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.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 36 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Chimpanzees Today is an overview of the various roles filled by chimpanzees and the situations in which they currently live. It begins by briefly discussing the precipitous drop in wild populations as well as some of the history of Jane Goodall's research at Gombe, focusing on the discoveries that promoted the use of the chimpanzee model in studying human evolution. It then covers many situations chimpanzee captivity, including the sanctuaries in...
17) Elkins Creek
Author
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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