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Criterion collection volume 340
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Koko, a six-year-old gorilla, is the subject of a controversial Stanford University research project conducted by Penny Patterson. A perceptive simian who communicates with humans via sign language, Koko knows more than 300 signs and can combine them to make new hybrid descriptions. Director Schroeder and cinematographer Almendros present a visual argument exposing the contradictions that arise when scientific experiments are used to graph human behavior...
4) Gorillas
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Introduces the habitat and characteristics of gorillas.
6) My Ishmael
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Physical Desc
288 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the relationship between a lowland gorilla with telepathic powers and a humanitarian twelve-year-old girl, who challenges his role and his wisdom as a teacher of humanity.
7) Gorilla
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Neglected by her busy father, a lonely young girl receives a toy gorilla for her birthday and together they take a miraculous trip to the zoo.
8) El gorila
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Series
Physical Desc
24 pages ; 28 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"This new Spanish edition surveys key aspects of gorillas, describing the great apes' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures do nothing but eat and sleep,"
"Esta nueva edición en español analiza los aspectos clave de los gorilas y describe la apariencia, el comportamiento y los hábitats de los grandes simios. Un cuento popular explica por qué estas criaturas no hacen más que comer y dormir,"
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Physical Desc
xx, 391 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A zoologist's portrait of Dr. Dian Fossey's remarkable mountain gorilla camp documents the story of the controversial unraveling of the Rwandan facility after Fossey's murder and the author's contributions to tracking mountain gorillas through hostile terrain, confronting aggressive silverbacks and rehabilitating orphaned baby gorillas.
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When one gorilla counts them, cats, birds, fish, and frogs add up to an enchanting ten.
The reader is challenged to find two butterflies, three budgerigars, four squirrels, five pandas, six rabbits, seven frogs, eight fish, nine birds, and ten cats in detailed scenes.
11) Las rabietas
Author
Physical Desc
22 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
Español
Description
Este cuento nos explica por qué una rabieta de vez en cuando también nos ayuda a crecer, siempre que sepamos cómo "cazarlas" a tiempo y los mayores nos echen una mano en la tarea.
13) Gorillas
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Series
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of elephants and why they are endangered.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 26
Physical Desc
71 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
15) Reapers
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"The World Cup, which arrives in June, has ripple effects on all South Africa's neighbors. The arrival of soccer fans, team owners, sponsors, and world dignitaries makes southern Africa, particularly Botswana, ripe for all sorts of intrigue and illicit activities... 'Orgonise Africa', derived from Wilhelm Reich's popularization of orgone energy and transmogrified by bad science and wishful thinking, is an effort by fanatics to push forward a plan...
16) Dream
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follows a gorilla family as they imagine their baby's future.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mystery gorillas: Join primatologist Mireya Mayor at the heart of the jungle to explore the great apes' secret world.
Search for the great apes: Join Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas to better understand the mountain gorilla and the elusive orangutan.
19) Tarzan
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Raised by gorillas, Tarzan has made the jungle his home and the animals his friends. But with the appearance of humans, the only world Tarzan has ever known and the one in which he belongs are about to become one.
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