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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...
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.
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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.
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