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1) Apes
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As part of the unique science Know-It-Alls! Series that features interesting science facts, this audiobook puts the spotlight on Apes!
Did you know that orangutans spend most of their lives in trees? They are the slowest-moving apes. Big males sometimes have to travel on the ground because the tree branches can't support them.
Children will learn about the gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, bonobo and gibbon. Awesome narration and sound effects,...
2) Apes
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"Apes . . . have amazing minds. Scientists are discovering these animals have a mind-blowing range of abilities and emotions. With this new insight, they can better understand apes--and our world!"--Provided by publisher.
6) The apes
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Discusses the physical description, habits, and behavior of the members of the ape family (gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees), using numerous pictures.
9) Baby apes
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Pictures and text introduce baby apes, their bodies, what they eat and their habitats.
10) Monkeys & apes
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This book asks and answers a total of 28 questions about monkeys and apes. Sample questions include: "What is a primate?", "Why do gorillas beat their chests?", "Why do chimps lick sticks?", and "Why does an aye-aye have a long finger?". This educational book also contains a glossary and an index.
11) Monkeys & apes
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Text and illustrations introduce readers to the various species of monkeys and apes. Explores the social dynamics of monkeys and apes and how their existence is in danger from habitat loss and exploitation at the hands of humans, and the opportunities to live in harmony with these closely related species.
13) Monkeys and apes
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"Introduces the reader to monkeys and apes."--
14) Apes and monkeys
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"Uncover details about the lives, habitats, and threats of apes and monkeys"--Provided by the publisher.
15) Monkeys and apes
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An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and natural environment of a variety of apes, monkeys, and some of their close relatives.
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Abandoned to his fate when his English parents die in the African jungle, a baby boy is rescued and reared by a loving ape foster mother. Conquering the savage laws of the wilderness, Tarzan grows into a mighty warrior and becomes leader of his tribe of apes until he encounters, for the first time, his own kind - humans. An expedition of white treasure hunters has entered his jungle kingdom, accompanied by the beautiful Jane Porter. Tarzans primitive...
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"Stanford sees great apes as not only intelligent but also possessed of a culture: both toolmakers and social beings capable of passing cultural knowledge down through generations. Compelled by his field research to take up the cause of conservation, he is unequivocal about where responsibility for extinction of these species lies. Our extermination campaign against the great apes has been as brutal as the genocide we have long practiced on one another....
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Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
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Previously available only to subscribers of the Edgar Rice Burroughs website, Tarzan of the Apes is at last available. Presented in Sunday newspaper landscape format, these adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic tales are scripted by comics legend Roy Thomas and illustrated by Pablo Marcos. Presenting the origin of the Jungle Lord and his earliest adventures, any Tarzan comics collection begins with Tarzan of the Apes.