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GORILLAS by Paul Hermann Bürgel

GORILLAS

by Paul Hermann Bürgel & Manfred Hartwig & translated by Amy Gelman

Pub Date: Dec. 15th, 1992
ISBN: 0-87614-758-9
Publisher: Carolrhoda

An attractive addition to the ``Nature Watch'' series, with the authors' appealing color photos on every page showing these endangered primates—found only in the central African countries of Rwanda and Zaire—feeding, grooming, playing, resting, and caring for their babies. The authors also describe efforts to save the mountain gorillas' habitat and to protect the remaining 400 gorillas from poachers. Organizations to write for more information; glossary; index. (Nonfiction. 10-14)