Orangutans: Wizards of the Rain Forest

Orangutans: Wizards of the Rain Forest
by Anne E. Russon

Orangutans: Wizards of the Rain Forest
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Author: Anne E. Russon
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-07
ISBN: 1552979989
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Firefly Books

Book Reviews of Orangutans: Wizards of the Rain Forest

Book Review: If you want to stay emotionally disattached, don't read this book
Summary: 5 Stars

If you want to learn about orangutans as a species, but are afraid of getting close to individual animals who show personalities, likes and dislikes, moods, and -- yes -- cultural adaptations, then stay away from this marvelous book.

Anne Russon writes simply and wonderfully. She patiently takes the reader through an evolution of thought and appreciation for the individual orangutans who go through rehabilitation, until we are caught up in the successes and failures they experience.

Most of us will never spend time at an orangutan sanctuary, so we rely on Russon for her insights. And she doesn't let us down. Her great strength is in portraying these animals as individuals who have lives that are distinctive and of value.

I wish she would start a website as an "afterward" for this book, and keep us up to date on the fates of the individuals we met in these pages. Let's hope that they make it through the wanton destruction and murders that are threatening the orangutans of Indonesia and Malaysia.

Summary of Orangutans: Wizards of the Rain Forest

Praise for the previous edition:
"A fascinating firsthand account of the behavior and intelligence of orangutans, Russon's book is also an account of the successes, failures, and politics of orangutan rehabilitation in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra... The book is lavishly illustrated with full color photographs."
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The only great apes found in Asia, these arboreal wizards are by nature elusive and solitary, and inhabit nearly inaccessible tropical rainforests. The tragedy is that orangutans are almost extinct, surviving in the wild only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra where human influx is rapidly appropriating their habitat.

Based on fifteen years of research, this extraordinary and definitive book focuses on orangutan intelligence and behavior.

This book includes:

  • A scientific history of orangutans
  • Detailed descriptions of orangutans and their natural habitat
  • Astonishing behavior patterns
  • Rehabilitation operations at Camp Leakey and Wanariset
  • The complex politics of orangutan rescue work
  • Results of orangutans released back into the forest
  • Updated resources
  • What the future holds for these primates.

With one hundred color photographs taken by the author during her visits to the rainforests, Orangutans is an absorbing and instructive look at the unusual world of orangutans.

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