Alan Toyne

Gorillas in Our Midst (MP3-Download)

A Zookeeper's Tale of Hand-Rearing Baby Gorillas Ungekürzte Lesung. 515 Min.
Sprecher: Hembrough, Oliver J.

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Produktbeschreibung

When Afia, a newborn Western Lowland Gorilla, is rejected by her mother Kera after a difficult birth, her human keepers start the challenging but rewarding experience of hand-rearing her themselves. Teaching her the ropes of life in the Gorilla House at Bristol Zoo is tricky enough. But providing 24/7 care for a baby gorilla means Alan must hand-rear Afia in his own home too, forging a remarkable emotional bond between them over the course of many sleepless nights. Soon a second baby gorilla, Hasani, is facing rejection, and Alan and his colleagues must embark on a daring mission to train Kera - recovered but isolated - to become Hasani's surrogate mother. Can she find her maternal instincts and claim a place within the troop at last? Gorillas in Our Midst offers a unique glimpse into the world of primate social dynamics, in all their complicated, human-like glory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oakhill
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399192262
• Artikelnr.: 73708754

Autorenporträt

Alan Toyne does not have the words "Mother of Gorillas" on his business card, but he probably should. He is an Anthropology graduate with a specialism in primate politics and has a fascination with the similarities that exist between human beings and our ape and monkey cousins. He travelled extensively in search of wild primates and became a zookeeper at Bristol Zoo in 2008. Working with the troop of Western Lowland Gorillas at Bristol Zoo for fourteen years, he built close working relationships with the animals and went on to hand-rear and successfully reintroduce two baby Western Lowland Gorillas.