From the misty mountains of Africa to the dark and dappled rainforests of Southeast Asia, the great apes dwell in ever-decreasing numbers. This book investigates every aspect of their lifestyles and looks at the similarities and differences between gorillas, orang-utans, bonobos, chimpanzees and humans. It reveals the timidity, and at times, ferocity of the great apes and shows why they are the most intelligent group of animals. Myth boxes explore popular stories about great apes from all over the world and "did you know?" highlights provide quirky facts to amuse and amaze friends and family.

 

This book features in the following series: Nature Fact File, Nature Watch .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Anness Publishing .

Barbara Taylor is an experienced children's non-fiction writer. Her previous books for Watts include the Science Starters series.