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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Our Blog: https://bookmonstersblog.wordpress.com/ Dian Fossey Dian Fossey in November 1984 Born January 16, 1932 San Francisco, California, U.S. It's Not Goodbye - Sweet November MV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq6lsZoWcFE Died December 26, 1985 (aged 53) Volcanoes National Park,Rwanda Murder Citizenship United States Fields Ethology, primatology Institutions Karisoke Research Center,Cornell University Alma mater College of Marin, (1949-1950)San Jose State University (B.A.,Occupational therapy, 1954) Darwin College, Cambridge(Ph.D., Zoology, 1974) Known for Study and conservation of themountain gorilla Influences Jane Goodall, Louis Leakey,George Schaller After I saw the movie "Gorillas in the Mist," I had to read this book Gorillas in the Mist (1988) Official Trailer - Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown Movie HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PPSIwe7sb8 Gorillas in the Mist is Dian Fossey’s account of thirteen years spent learning mountain gorillas on the Virunga volcanic mountains.
Dian Fossey, Digit's death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZvmzDMEKt0 In loving memory Dian Fossey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqeVfPgAo38 Dian Fossey gorilla’s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDEw8H9kY88 For years the FBI was unable to catch its prime suspect, Zigiranyirazo, because of the dogmatic influences, but that all altered when he was detained in Belgium for combat wrongdoings. Koko the Gorilla with in memory Robin Williams This is for fun the lets dance Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMol0ZypWrs Footloose - Kenny Loggins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFWDGTVYqE8 Flash-dance - Final Dance / What A Feeling (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzALZjoIx0g She´s a maniac – Flash-dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYKsjdkdRbw Galantis - Runaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XR7naZ_zZA Much like when I reviewed Jane Goodall's In the Shadow of Man, I quickly fell in love with the gorillas that Dian Fossey describes in exquisite detail in her book Gorillas in the Mist. (You may have heard of it.) Dr. Fossey moved to the Virungas of Africa (Zaire, Uganda, and Rwanda) to study the mountain gorillas that lived there. That study ended up taking nearly 20 years. However, she wasn't only studying the habits of the gorillas but also the parasites, environment (rainfall), vegetation, and the other animals that lived there (elephants, buffalo, duiker). (Basically, whatever she and her team could study they did to increase their chances of getting more grant money and lengthening their stay.) One of the things that Fossey stressed was that it would take more than passive conservation (tourism) to keep the mountain gorillas alive and thriving. She found that active conservation was the only way to go which meant that she had to employ staff to track down poacher's lairs and destroy their supplies and traps. Basically, she was a bada$$ of the highest caliber and the surrounding villagers had a nickname for her (it wasn't sweet lady of the mountain either). She quickly earned a reputation for not backing down and for doing everything within her power to protect these creatures from imminent extinction (which is looking more and more likely). Between poachers, population encroachment, and decreasing territory for the different gorilla groups there were only 242 mountain gorillas left at the end of her nearly two decade study. There are even less now. Fossey's fervent desire was that governments and the people governed by them would want to conserve these animals because they lived in the area providing the only fresh water source for the region. However, deforestation to make way for increasing numbers of people and farms continued no matter what arguments she put forth. I had heard about this book and its movie adaptation before but it wasn't until I saw Ellen DeGeneres talking about it (on her birthday episode) that I decided to finally pick up the book. I am so glad that I did. Even if you only read the appendices (which are absolutely phenomenal) you'd learn so much about these amazing animals and the land they inhabit. You'd also bear witness to the dedication and passion which Fossey had for her research. I highly recommend you pick up a copy of Gorillas in the Mist and afterward that you do further research into Fossey because it makes it all the more poignant and meaningful (at least it did for me). 10/10 Anche chi non si interessa di etologia non potrà non avere in mente il nome di Dian Fossey, la studiosa americana che dal 1966 fino alla sua morte violenta nel 1985, di cui tuttora non si conosce il colpevole, è stata l’amica dei gorilla di montagna insediati nei Monti Virunga. Un film interpretato da Sigourney Weaver, e con il medesimo titolo di questo libro, ne ha immortalato, se mai fosse stato necessario, il nome. In Gorilla nella nebbia, che conosce oggi una nuova edizione italiana, emerge, tra le peripezie sue e dei suoi gorilla, anche la forte personalità della zoologa. «Poteva essere molto brutale», ha detto di lei un ricercatore che si dichiarava suo amico. Brutale e aggressiva nei confronti dei bracconieri, delle autorità ruandesi indolenti o complici della distruzione dell’ambiente, ma non nei riguardi dei gorilla, per i quali lei provava un amore – il termine non è poi eccessivo – inspiegabile. Nelle Conclusioni del suo libro sembra comunque accettare che, «per delle popolazioni povere, questi animali non danno altro interesse che quello di ricavare dei profitti, dai loro denti, dalla loro pelle e dalla loro carne». E si rallegra di vedere farsi strada «un approccio più realista» nelle politiche di conservazione» che fino ad allora avevano «sovente disprezzato i bisogni vitali della popolazione locale». Oggi i ranger del Parco di Virunga non hanno più paura della foresta, come all’epoca constatava Dian Fossey, ma svolgono un lavoro spesso eroico. Negli ultimi vent’anni si contano oltre 150 di loro uccisi. Matita blu: il sorprendente anacronismo che esplicitamente colloca il cambio di nome da Congo a Zaire nel 1967, quando invece Mobutu ribattezzò il Paese in quel modo solo nel 1971. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Describes four gorilla families living in the rain forests of the Virunga mountains of Rwanda during a fifteen-year case study. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Gorilas en la niebla, el fascinante relato de los trece años que Dian Fossey pasó en una remota selva africana con el mayor de los grandes simios, se encuentra entre los libros más importantes jamás escritos sobre nuestra conexión con el mundo natural. Los extraordinarios esfuerzos de Fossey para garantizar que la selva y los gorilas de las montañas que quedaban tuvieran un futuro quedan plasmados en sus palabras y en las espontáneas fotografías de estas fascinantes especies en vías de extinción. Fossey combinó su aventura personal con un informe científico sin precedentes para completar un retrato inolvidable de nuestros parientes primates más cercanos. Aunque Fossey tuvo un final dramático, Gorilas en la niebla sigue siendo el legado inestimable de uno de los estudios de campo más largos realizados sobre los primates y pone de manifiesto su inextinguible pasión por ellos.