Gorilla Mountain

by a Hibbert

Publisher: Tandem Library

Written in English

Published: April 2004 Downloads: 550

Subjects:

Animals - Apes & Monkeys,
Juvenile Nonfiction,
Gorilla,
Juvenile literature,
Children: Grades 3-4

The Physical Object
Format	Library Binding
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL11760613M
ISBN 10	1417645482
ISBN 10	9781417645480

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Most of what I have read about mountain gorillas came from the materials of Dian Fossey. This book shares a another look at the mountain gorillas of Rwanda which continues some of Dian Fossey's research and goes beyond, including pictures. I would recommend this book for upper elementary level and beyond.5/5(4).

A superb and up to date account of the mountain gorilla. The pictures alone are worth the price of admission!. The text is excellent and detailed but very readable for all. I have read a lot of books on the mountain gorilla and I have enjoyed them all, but I must say, that this is one of the best.

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Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei). As their name hints, they live in the mountains at elevations between 8, feet.

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With the support of British paleoanthropologist Professor Louis Leakey (), who had arranged studies of chimpanzees by Jane Goodall and /5.

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With only 1, mountain. Gorilla mountain. London, Lutterworth Press [] (OCoLC) Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: Jill Wordsworth. Find more information about: OCLC Number: Description: pages illustrations 22 cm: Reviews.

User-contributed reviews. Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of the Eastern gorilla living in the Virunga Mountains across Uganda, Rwanda and the DRC, as well as the Bwindi Forest of Uganda.

Scientific name Gorilla beringei beringei. mountain gorilla facts. Why book with us. We are destination specialists. Diane Fossy was not the first researcher of wild mountain gorillas.

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Gorilla Mountain is an exciting and inspiring story of true tale adventure. Young readers everywhere will be moved by the story of the young nature lover who became a powerful champion of great apes. Young readers everywhere will be moved by the story of the young nature lover who became a powerful champion of great apes.

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What makes observing them in the wild a bucket list item. Gorillas have the nearest resemblance to man especially with their behaviour and family arrangement.

There are only about 1, mountain gorillas left on earth rendering them an endangered. Mountain Gorillas. Conservation Status. Endangered remain.

Where They Live. Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo. Interesting Fact. Made famous by Dian Fossey; featured in the movie Gorillas in the Mist.

Grauer’s Gorillas. Conservation Status. Critically Endangered Around 3, remain. Many travellers always wonder how they can book mountain gorilla permits from Rwanda. Rwanda is a small land locked country in East Africa where you can see the mountain the gorillas in their natural habitat, other destinations where you can see the endangered mountain gorillas is Uganda and Democratic republic of Congo.

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The last of the "Gorillas in the Mist" -- made famous by renowned American primatologist Dian Fossey -- is believed to have died.