Gorillas in Our Midst: The Story of the Columbus Zoo GorillasGorillas in Our Midst chronicles the characters and events that have made the Columbus gorilla program world renowned. From the brutal capture of the zoo's first gorillas in the rain forests of Africa to the birth and mother-rearing of a fourth generation of offspring, author Jeff Lyttle takes the reader through the triumphs and tragedies of a captive gorilla program that is on the leading edge of the effort to preserve the endangered western lowland gorilla. |
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... followed by gorillas . However , a study published in 1929 by the well - known pri- matologist R. M. Yerkes , entitled The Great Apes , a Study of Anthropoid Life , contended that gorillas were second to hu- mans in terms of ...
... followed by gorillas . However , a study published in 1929 by the well - known pri- matologist R. M. Yerkes , entitled The Great Apes , a Study of Anthropoid Life , contended that gorillas were second to hu- mans in terms of ...
Page 81
... followed in Schaller's footsteps and ex- panded upon his studies . Yet even after the biologists ' find- ings about gorilla behavior - specifically their social behavior - were published , zoos were slow to apply the para- digm of the ...
... followed in Schaller's footsteps and ex- panded upon his studies . Yet even after the biologists ' find- ings about gorilla behavior - specifically their social behavior - were published , zoos were slow to apply the para- digm of the ...
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... followed by Christmas and New Year's Day , but Jumoke was showing few signs that she was about to give birth . The zoo extended the birth - watch sched- ule into January . There were a couple of false alarms when Jumoke , in a ...
... followed by Christmas and New Year's Day , but Jumoke was showing few signs that she was about to give birth . The zoo extended the birth - watch sched- ule into January . There were a couple of false alarms when Jumoke , in a ...
Contents
Gorilla Bill | 11 |
The Celebrity Newborn 3333333 | 53 |
Bongo and the Expanding Columbus | 80 |
Copyright | |
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