Beck Benjamin (226 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. A story of hope, love, and unspeakable death in a disappearing Brazilian rainforest. A team of dogged conservationists tries to save a beautiful monkey species, the golden lion tamarin, from certain extinction by reinforcing their numbers with tamarins born in zoos. Will these immigrants learn to find enough to eat, find secure places to sleep, avoid predators, and survive attacks by wild tamarins? Will they find mates and make babies? The technique, known as reintroduction, is new, and the conservationists struggle to find the best method. Can they train the tamarins in zoos to meet the challenges of the wild? Once the monkeys are released in the forest, should the people give them food, shoo away predators, rescue them if they get lost, and treat them if they are injured? Or should they be hands-off, letting the monkeys fend for themselves and become wild as quickly as possible? Beck describes the reintroduction of the first 13 tamarins, capturing their fierce determination to survive, their loves and conflicts, their nurturant families, adorable babies, hidden language, sometimes hilarious attempts to solve the problems of adapting, and the agonizing deaths of those who don't make it. He describes the power and beauty of the rainforest, and the loves, loyalties, conflicts, and sometimes hilarious bumbling by their human caretakers. Challenging their better-known bosses, two women, a zookeeper and a Brazilian field assistant, discover the right way to reintroduce the monkeys. But a well-known Rio citizen almost destroys the program in a callous act of vanity. The story is vivid and authentic; Beck was there and has studied animal thinking and monkey and ape conservation for more than 40 years.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The close relation of apes to humans raises important ethical questions. Are they better protected in the wild or in zoos? Should they be used in biomedical research? This book presents a spectrum of viewpoints on human responsibilities toward great apes united by concern for their safety and well-being.…

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2001. Natural History, Zoology, Physical Anthropology, Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, 388 p., fine boards and dust jacket.

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover first printing (as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page), book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws, the original price is present, and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "a very well researched and well organized book presenting a comprehensive overview of many aspects of primate evolution, biology and social behavior," illustrated throughout with color photos, includes a glossary, references, and a taxonomic index.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. An anthology of tales and stories about signs and signals; seen, missed, and misunderstood on the foreshadowing of life's relationships that sometimes makes the hairs on the back of one's head stand up.Have you ever been in a situation where all of those internal warning signals went off but you went forward anyway? Or in a situation where you started to drive forward and then something told you to stop?This anthology is a collection of stories of similar situations that our authors experienced. Read on to find out about their own red flags.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. An anthology of tales and stories about signs and signals; seen, missed, and misunderstood on the foreshadowing of life's relationships that sometimes makes the hairs on the back of one's head stand up.Have you ever been in a situation where all of those internal warning signals went off but you went forward anyway? Or in a situation where you started to drive forward and then something told you to stop?This anthology is a collection of stories of similar situations that our authors experienced. Read on to find out about their own red flags.…

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