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Charming Chimps and Puppy Love For more than 15 years, primatologist Michael A. Huffman devoted himself to studying the chimpanzee community in Mahale, a 100-mile-long national park in Tanzania. Collaborating with biologist Angelika Hofer and wildlife photographer G?nter Ziesler in Mahale: A Photographic Encounter with Chimpanzees, Huffman presents a personal and moving tribute to the many animal friends he has madeAsuch as Bembe, the clan's third-ranked male, and the elderly Gwekulo, who was not able to bear any children but loves to play with them. Foreword by Jane Goodall. Full-color photos throughout.
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Mahale is a protected national park in Tanzania, home of lush forests, open savannas, the isolated Mahale Mountains, and wild chimpanzees. It is located roughly 100 miles from Gombe, the reserve where Jane Goodall did her pioneering work. In 1994 and 1996 author Hofer and her crew worked at Mahale, resulting in this lyrical journal of two four-week periods spent with the chimpanzees. Following the study group of about 90 chimps as they split up and reform into subgroups, the author chronicles the daily lives of the chimps and their researchers. Much time is spent feeding, and the author was lucky enough to witness several hunts, where two species of monkey and one small antelope were killed. Descriptions of feeding, playing, grooming, and other elements of chimpanzee behavior unfold in the text and in the accompanying evocative photographs and illustrations. A nice complement to Jane Goodall's works, this recording of an intimate visit with our closest relatives is recommended for libraries with large natural history collections. Nancy Bent
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