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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Formats
Description
A whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on De Waal's studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos, and other primates. De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, Mama's life and death, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings, all the while emphasizing the continuity between our species and...
3) Almost chimpanzee: searching for what makes us human, in rainforests, labs, sanctuaries, and zoos
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
How are we different from chimps? Scientists have focused on the similarities between the two species, when in fact it is an understanding of their differences that can reveal "what, exactly, it means to be human." Cohen's survey spans investigations into the chimp genome, brain, and physiognomy,
4) Yes
Author
Series
BoBo books (Jez Alborough) volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
Gives readers an up-close look at the serious threats facing chimpanzees and the ways in which the animals are adapting. Includes a concise overview of the species, a table of contents, questions to spark critical thinking, a selected bibliography, sources to guide further research, a phonetic glossary, an index, and an introduction to the author.
11) Cha-cha chimps
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Counting and dancing go hand in hand at Mambo Jamba's, the place where hippos hokey-pokey and meerkats macarena and ten little chimps do the cha-cha-cha, until Mama Chip says, "Time for bed!"
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Everyone's favorite New York Times bestselling Grumpy Monkey is back in this hilarious bedtime story about dealing with frustration when you don't get to do what you want!
Have you ever stayed up way past your bedtime? Jim Panzee certainly has. Jim is going to a slumber party and there's LOTS to do. Jim plans on bobbing for mangoes, going termite fishing, and of course staying UP ALL NIGHT!
But Jim gets more than a little frusrated...
Have you ever stayed up way past your bedtime? Jim Panzee certainly has. Jim is going to a slumber party and there's LOTS to do. Jim plans on bobbing for mangoes, going termite fishing, and of course staying UP ALL NIGHT!
But Jim gets more than a little frusrated...
15) Sims
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
F. Paul Wilson, a practicing physician as well as the bestselling author of the Repairman Jack series, turns his attention to the day after tomorrow and shows us how genetic engineering might change the world.
Just a few hundred genes separate humans from chimpanzees. Imagine someone altering the chimp genome, splicing in human genes to increase the size of the cranium, reduce the amount of body hair, enable speech. What sort of creature would result?
Sims...
17) How do you feel?
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
A young chimp describes a variety of emotions he experiences.
18) Great Apes
Author
Series
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Some people lost their sense of proportion, others their sense of scale, but Simon Dykes, a middle-aged, successful London painter, has lost his sense of perspective in a most disturbing fashion. After a night of routine, pedestrian debauchery, traipsing from toilet to toilet, and imbibing a host of narcotics on the way, Simon wakes up cuddled in his girlfriend's loving arms. Much to his dismay, however, his girlfriend has turned into a chimpanzee.
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