Even though the gorilla is our closest living relative, information about its anatomy, and particularly its musculature, is scarce. This book is the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of the gorilla. It includes high-quality photographs of musculoskeletal structures from most anatomical regions of the body, along with textual information about the attachments, innervations, and weight of the reported muscles. The atlas is an up-to-date review of the anatomical variations within gorillas as well as an extensive list of the synonyms used in the literature to designate the structures covered in the book. It also contains dissection observations of other primates and vertebrates, which are crucial for examining and understanding the homologies between the muscular structures of gorillas, humans, and other taxa.
Автор: Fowler John Название: A Forest in the Clouds: My Year Among the Mountain Gorillas in the Remote Enclave of Dian Fossey ISBN: 1643131419 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643131412 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 41310.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: 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 brings new students in to serve her most pressing need--to hang on to the remote research camp that has become her mountain home. Increasingly bizarre behavior has targeted Fossey for extrication by an ever-growing group of detractors--from conservation and research organizations to the Rwandan government.
Amid the turmoil, Fowler must abandon his own research assignments to assuage the troubled Fossey as she orders him on illegal treks across the border into Zaire, over volcanoes, in search of missing gorillas, and to serve as surrogate parent to an orphaned baby ape in preparation for its traumatic re-introduction into a wild gorilla group.
This riveting story is the only first-person account from inside Dian Fossey's beleaguered camp. Fowler must come to grips with his own aspirations, career objectives, and disappointments as he develops the physical endurance to keep up with mountain gorillas over volcanic terrain in icy downpours above ten thousand feet, only to be affronted by the frightening charges of indignant giant silverbacks or to be treed by aggressive forest buffalos. Back in camp, he must nurture the sensitivity and patience needed for the demands of rehabilitating an orphaned baby gorilla.
A Forest in the Clouds takes the armchair adventurer on a journey into an extraordinary world that now only exists in the memories of the very few who knew it.
Автор: Haikal Mustafa Название: Master Pongo: A Gorilla Conquers Europe ISBN: 027108216X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780271082165 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 35190.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Relates the story of a juvenile gorilla named Pongo, brought to Europe in 1876 and housed at the Unter den Linden Aquarium in Berlin. Examines human-animal interactions and science at a time when the theory of evolution was first gaining ground.
Автор: Arment Chad Название: The Historical Bigfoot: Early Reports of Wild Men, Hairy Giants, and Wandering Gorillas in North America ISBN: 1616464771 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781616464776 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 33400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This second, expanded edition of The Historical Bigfoot looks at stories of hairy wild men and apes in the woods, before `Bigfoot` was ever used to describe such creatures.
Автор: Parker Sue Taylor, Mitchell Robert W., Miles H. Lyn Название: The Mentalities of Gorillas and Orangutans: Comparative Perspectives ISBN: 0521580277 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521580274 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Цена: 132000.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Gorillas and orangutans are closely related to humans, but their mental abilities have been largely neglected in attempts to understand how our intelligence might have evolved. This 1999 book sets all the great apes in context with humans, providing the complete picture of hominoid cognitive evolution for the first time.
Автор: Newman James L Название: Encountering Gorillas ISBN: 1442219556 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442219557 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 101370.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Gorillas, the largest of the apes inhabiting our planet, have been a source of fear, awe, and inspiration to humans. In this book, James L. Newman brings a lifetime of study of Africa to his compelling story of the rich and varied interaction between gorillas and humans since earliest contact. He illuminates the complex relationship over time through the interlinked themes of discovery, exploitation, understanding, and continuing survival. Tragically, the number of free-living gorillas-facing habitat loss, disease, and poaching-has declined dramatically over the course of the past century, and the future of the few that remain is highly uncertain. At the same time, those in zoos and sanctuaries now lead much more secure lives than they did earlier. Newman follows this transition, highlighting the roles played by key individuals, both humans and gorillas. Among the former have been adventurers, opportunists, writers, and scientists. The latter include real gorillas, such as Gargantua and Koko, and fictional ones, notably King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. This thoughtful and engaging book helps us understand how our image of gorillas has been both distorted and clarified through culture and science for centuries and how we now control the destiny of these magnificent great apes.
Автор: T.S. Stoinski; H. D. Steklis; P.T. Mehlman Название: Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study ISBN: 1441943560 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441943569 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 174130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This volume identifies the primary problems faced in conserving wild populations of gorillas throughout Africa, pinpointing new approaches to solving these problems and outlining the increased role that zoos can play in gorilla conservation.
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