Pithecophilia
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The powerful true story of one man's quest to unravel the mysteries of the world's primates.
From the steep slopes of the Virunga Volcanoes to the steamy jungles of Sumatra, Pithecophilia explores author, Robert Louis DeMayo's life-changing search for ape encounters, as he discovers the secrets of their history, biology, and what they can tell us about ourselves.
Touching on the efforts of the world's leading conservationists and scientific institutions, you'll also discover how the early exploration of Africa and Asia's untamed wilderness shaped our knowledge of apes and how their efforts to document our planet's wild animals eventually led to efforts to save them.
Imbued with touching memories, humorous anecdotes, and over fifty years of wondrous, magical, and sometimes terrifying experiences, Pithecophilia paints a beautiful picture of how primates are, in many ways, windows into our own souls.
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Book One - 1976 - 1993
Chapter One - The Photograph 15
(Attleboro, Mass. 1976)
Chapter Two - Tarzan 19
(Attleboro, Mass. 1977)
Chapter Three - Papillion 25
(Koh Samui, Thailand 1985)
Chapter Four - Gorilas en la Niebla 37
(Panama City, Panama 1988)
Chapter Five - Men of the Forest 45
(Sumatra, Indonesia 1991)
Chapter Six - Oscar 59
(Virunga Volcanos, Zaire 1993)
Chapter Seven - My Tribe 75
(Uganda & Kenya 1993)
