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1) Bonobos
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Investigates the traits, attributes, characteristics, behavior, and habitat of bonobos.
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This video clip takes a provocatively close up look at one of our lesser-known human relatives, the bonobo. They may look a lot like chimpanzees, but bonobos live differently than their aggressive, male dominated cousins. This video asks if chimpanzees are the wrong model for human evolution. The females run the show in their culture, and if there's any hint of conflict, they round everybody up for a sexual encounter. Is our evolutionary history one...
3) Bonobos
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English
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Introduces bonobos, describing their behavior, habitat, life cycle, communication skills, and the threats they face from deforestation and poaching.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly) novel “full of heart, hope, and compelling questions about who we really are” (Redbook) from the acclaimed author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants
“Terrific: an incisive piece of social commentary.”—The New York Times Book Review
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“Terrific: an incisive piece of social commentary.”—The New York Times Book Review
Isabel...
6) Endangered
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Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.
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Español
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They ate, traveled and modernized while they collected food and raised their offspring. But the male bonobos could not accept that the female bonobos also could learn and evolve. The legacy of pioneering authors and illustrators to create albums on equality and coeducation, still in force.
"Ellos comían, viajaban y se modernizaban mientras ellas recolectaban comida y criaban a la prole. Pero los bonobos no aceptaban que las bonobas también pudiesen...
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"Stage four. Surgery. Recovering." While those are the simple words that once described Dr. Francine Burk's situation, the reality is much more complex. Her new reality is feeling unduly thrilled by her increasing ability to walk across a room without assistance. And it's being offered a placement at a prestigious research institute where she can put to good use her recent award money. With the Foundation's advanced technological resources and a group...