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Fascinating, touching, and sad. Fossey's dedication to the study and preservation of the mountain gorilla is inspiring. However, I'm pretty much cured of any romantic notions I had about studying apes in the wild---not the least reason being that monitoring, collecting, and analyzing dung is a large part of the endeavor.
Fossey introduces the reader to the individuals in the gorilla groups she studied, and you get to know and love them as she did. I knew going in that she dealt head-on with poac ...more
Fossey introduces the reader to the individuals in the gorilla groups she studied, and you get to know and love them as she did. I knew going in that she dealt head-on with poac ...more
Mar 19, 2010
Kimberly
marked it as to-read
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Jul 25, 2025
Colleen Chi-Girl
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it was amazing
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