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How to keep a gorilla, and other stories
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THE FIRST white man to clap eyes on a gorilla was Paul Du Chaillu,
a French American from New Orleans who embarked on a long, perilous
expedition through Gabon and the Congo in 1856, taking careful note
of the fauna. Five years later, he published a chubby but often
enthralling account of his exploits called Explorations and
Adventures in Equatorial Africa.
"Suddenly, as we were yet creeping along, in a silence which made
a heavy breath seem loud and distinct," Du Chaillu recorded, "t...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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KING WRONG; The new King Kong, out this week, will once again portray gorillas as being bloodthirsty sexual predators. The truth couldn't be more different.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: CHRISTOPHER HUDSON VERY soon, cinema-goers around the world will be queuing up to see a giant gorilla slavering over a captive Naomi Watts before grabbing her and lurching off into the jungle of Skull Island. King Kong is probably the closest to a real gorilla that most of these film-going
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Close encounters in the wilderness
The Independent - London
; Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers by Peter Raby Chatto, pounds 20 To travel hopefully as a naturalist in the Victorian era was to arrive. Regardless of destinations, it was chance enounters in the wilderness that fuelled the collective fantasies of the age: fabulous new species;
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A masterwork that sheds tears ... and light: a complementary study of a Fang ancestral head.(Essay)
African Arts
; [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Fang ancestral sculpture of Equatorial Africa figured among the most emblematic and esteemed genres of African art. These anthropomorphic effigies, with an often haphazardly oozing black patina, of upright posture and subtle
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A Dog's Head
The Virginia Quarterly Review
; A Dog's Head, by jean Dutourd. Nearly a half century old, Jean Dutourd's recently reissued tale of the lighter side of social ostracism is not mere tongue-wagging, but a very sage and engaging "animated" fantasy. Edmond Du Chaillu has a spaniel's head and a sense of humor. Follow Edmond from his
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 "Morning Edition (NPR)")
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Interview: Dr. Mike Fay discusses his trek across Gabon
Morning Edition (NPR)
; ... Fay discusses his trek across Gabon Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 10:00-11:00 AM BOB EDWARDS, host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Bob Edwards. This week National Geographic Radio Expeditions has followed a biologist from the Wildlife Conservation Society ...
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