Thinkers of the Jungle

[Konigswinter, Germany]: H.F. Ullmann, 2008. First edition, second printing. Oblong folio in green DJ; 319 p, color illus (some b&w), color maps; 24 x 33 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, very gentle scuff to spine, spine head & foot, barely rubbed rear corners, else near fine(+) in fine DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 9783833146237

This informative book offers insight into the lives of orangutans in the jungles of Borneo and Sumatra, including their mental development, the mother-child relationship, and efforts to continue protecting them from death for profit. Little Bali's tale of woe: a taste of orangutan reality -- Queen Victoria's abhorrence and the lack of interest of the explorers: the discovery of the orangutan -- Who is this, the "Forest Man"?: description of a little-known cousin of the jungle -- Medication against migraine and malaria: the "green pharmacy" of the ape field botanist -- Seven years of training, five years of mother's milk and eternal ape-love: the sheltered childhood of the orangutans -- Brains, genius, or common sense: what is inside an ape's head? -- Alma and the tin-opener, Unyil's "rope trick" and Uce's love for symbols: encounters with orangutan intelligence -- Ape culture: could this be possible? -- From bushmeat to a 50,000-dollar export article: the history of a genocide -- The oil which nobody knows: the palm oil boom and the end of the last rainforests -- Nightmare and ape apocalypse: a journey to the logger front in Kalimantan -- "Nobody is doing anything!": the mournful search for animal-welfare activists who give real support to orangutans -- Grand words and nothing behind them: how UNEP helps orangutans -- From Meranti proliferator to orangutan protector: Willie Smits" journey to the apes -- Human beings as climbing teachers and jungle trainers for orangutans: an almost impossible task -- Mawas, the last refuge for the orangutans: why ape protection is also protection for human beings -- So similar and yet so different: the species and subspecies of the orangutan, from Pongo abelii to Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus -- The Pongo pygmaeus Polaroids: how ape female Uce got photos for her "family album" -- Psychograph of a primate: experiences with a thousand orangutans -- The fairy tale of Samboja Lestari . Orangutan -- Indonesia.