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1) Primates
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
They are called the highest order of animal on the planet. Primates, with their big brains, are smart and adaptable. They use tools, self-medicate, hunt and swim. They are social and political, form hierarchies and friendships, and can be very mischievous. Get to know the many species of primates, from the familiar chimpanzee and gorilla, to the more obscure species such as the owl monkey, the slender loris, the drill and many more.
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Language
English
Description
Learning about animals is fun when favorite Disney characters lead the way! Stunning live-action wildlife clips of animals in their natural habitats are comined with hear-warming footage from Disney's animated classics to introduce youngsters to the world of animals.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002, c1991]
Language
English
Description
This film provides an amazing encounter with the mountain gorilla in Rwanda, a highly social species and one of the world's largest primates. Eat, nap, travel, eat is the routine for adult gorillas, but the young members of the troop see everything as play, play, play! Watch a young silverback challenge the leader for dominance of the troop.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today...In the first episode...encounter..."Selam,...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The first program goes into Tanzania's Gombe National Park to observe the daily life of the chimpanzee clan Jane Goodall has known since the days of her research in the 1960s. The second program delves into the questions are chimps and other primates similar to us? How does their intelligence compare to our own? Answers are found both in the laboratory and in the wild. The program also goes to Central Zaire to observe pygmy chimps (bonobos) in the...
