Kindred beings
Subtitle: what seventy-three chimpanzees taught me about life, love, and connection
By: Sheri Speede
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780062132482; 9780062132499
Subjects: Cognition in animals; Chimpanzees; Verhalten; Behavior; Schimpanse
Description: When female chimpanzee Dorothy died in a Cameroon wildlife sanctuary, a YouTube video of Dr. Speede cradling her head while her family viewed her body demonstrated that animals experience complex emotions. In this touching memoir, Speede memoralizes Dorothy's forgiving nature; highlights the endangered status of the apes; and shares her struggle to save them from extinction.
Table of contents: title: Road to Cameroon; title: Commitment; title: At the Atlantic Beach Hotel; title: Mean streets; title: The Mbargue Forest; title: Shackled; title: The village; title: Nothing works, but it all works out; title: Forced seizure; title: Who's the boss?; title: Fateful alliances; title: Challenges on my side of the fence; title: Pregnancy and motherhood; title: Dorothy finds her strength; title: The unspeakable; title: Heroes; title: Necessary trade-offs; title: Farewell to our sassy girl; title: Dorothy's legacy.