Orangutan Odyssey"Now, for the first time, Birute Galdikas, the world's leading authority on orangutans, offers a rich picture of their life based on her intimate observation of hundreds of the animals in their native habitat; she spends as much as six months every year in her research camp at the edge of Tanjung Puting National Park near Kalimantan, Borneo. She has succeeded not only in rescuing several hundred wild-born orangutans previously held as pets or in substandard zoos, but also in studying the life cycles and behavior of both wild and semiwild animals, with particular attention to mothers and their young. The results of her knowledge inform the text of this remarkable book."--BOOK JACKET. |
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