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Orangutan Odyssey

Birute Galdikas

Galdikas, Birute. Orangutan Odyssey. Harry N. Abrams Publishing. New York

Orangutan Odyssey, A book by Birute Galdikas a renowned primatologist who has won many awards and featured in many documentary films and magazine articles for her splendid work researching and rescuing Orangutans. This book shows as well as talks about the details,facts and knowledge that Birute Galdikas has collected from her scientific studies with orangutans for many years.

This book truly takes you deep into the rain forest where you will see life like pictures of the orangutans caught in motion, swinging from vine to vine or a mother orangutan caring for her youngins. Not only will you see amazing pictures but you will read about almost every astonishing aspect about orangutans in this book. Such as the physiology of the orangutan and how they adapt to life in their natural habitat.

Ever wanted to know more about the natural habitat that orangutans live in? This book explains it all! You can find out how the orangutans use adaptability and resourcefulness to live a happy life deep in the African rainforests. Orangutans are and endangered species so trying to stay away from hunters and poachers can be hard for them, find out how they endeavor staying away from them.

You can learn many things about orangutans life that can help have a good effect on your own life. In this book you are sincerely shown how orangutans live of each others care and love and it may inspire you to help endangered orphaned animals near you. You can truly learn about the importance of love and care between orangutan families.

This book has great knowledge and is strongly recommended for a person attending school for zoology or an animal lover in general. You can be guaranteed that after reading this book your mind will be filled with unbounded information about orangutans and their wild habitat.

5 out of 5 stars

Contributed by: P. Braun

Oct.22,2013