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LIFE:
BBC Worldwide Americas, c1997.
Summary:
Chronicles the origin and development of
life from the first single celled creatures through the age of
the dinosaurs to the complex variety of life that exists today.
(35 min.)
VCR
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ISLAND:
BBC Worldwide Americans, c1997.
Summary:
Journey from tropical paradises to some of nature’s bleakest outposts.
(35 min.)
VCR
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AMAZING
CREATURES OF THE TIDEPOOLS: Barbara Lawrence Productions, c1999.
Summary:
Examines the tidepools along the rocky coasts of Oregon and California.
This video contains unique and rare footage aboard a floating marine
laboratory where students will see first hand what it's like to be on a
plankton collection trip.
(2 videos--1 hour & 41 min. total)
VCR
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THE
ROTTEN WORLD ABOUT US: Films Inc., 1982.
Summary:
Unravels the mysteries of mushrooms and molds, and shows how fungi feed,
grow and multiply. Describes
various kinds of fungi.
(50 min.)
VCR
589.9 B131
BACTERIA:
INVISIBLE FRIENDS AND FOES: Human Relations Media, 1983.
Summary:
Explores the world's enormous bacterial population, which not only is a
source of many diseases, but also plays an indispensable role as
decomposer and manufacturer of useful products.
(59 min.)
ZOOLOGY
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ANIMAL
RECORDS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Features the fastest, biggest, and cutest animal record holders from the
giant fly squirrel to the slow sloth.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.13 A489
AMAZING
ANIMAL APPETITES: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard finds out about what animals, from the
insect-eating chameleon to the leaf-munching koala, like to eat.
(25 min.)
VCR
591.18 A489
AMAZING
ANIMAL SENSES: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard explores some animals that couldn’t survive
without their senses, from the lion’s eyesight to the dolphin’s
sonar.
(25 min.)
VCR
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HOW
ANIMALS MOVE: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the different ways in which animals
move.
(30 min.)
VCR
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RECORD-BREAKING
ANIMALS: Eastman Kodak Co., c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of fast animals including the
bird with the fastest wings and the fish that swims the fastest.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.3 A489
AMAZING
ANIMAL BABIES: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard discovers ways that animals, from the hunting
dog to the cuckoo, raise their offspring.
(25 min.)
VCR
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BABY
ANIMALS FROM THE WILD: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1998.
Summary:
Explores why the sweetest babies come from the wild such as
tigers, gorillas, giraffes, elephants, zebras.
(26 min.)
VCR
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ANIMAL
COLORS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Explores animal colors from the dazzling macaw to the camouflaged
leopard.
(30 min.)
VCR
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AMAZING
ARMORED ANIMALS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard explores the amazing world of armored animals,
describing several animals with hard or spiky skins or horns, including
armadillos, porcupines, rhinos, turtles, and others.
(25 min.)
VCR
591.5 A489
AMAZING
ANIMALS: AN ANIMAL YEAR: Dorling Kindersley Vision, 1997.
Summary:
Explores extraordinary wildlife, crazy characters and unexpected animal
surprises.
(30 min.)
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591.5 C614
CLASSIC
ANIMAL TRACKS: Environmental Media Corp., c1996.
Summary:
The emperor penguin.
The blue wildebeest.
The mute swan. The alligator.
The meerkat. The tiger. The humming bird. The wandering albatross. The
army ant. The chimpanzee. he red kangaroo. The African elephant The grey
squirrel. The common hipp.
The frog & toad. The common vampire bat. The elephant seal. The
giraffe. The barn owl. The brown hare.
The macaw.
The flamingo. The killer
whale. The polar bear. The lion. The sea otter. The
coral
snake. The vulture.
The red deer.
(1 hour & 4 min.)
VCR
591.5 S287
SCARY
ANIMALS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Explores scary animals including the vicious vampire bat and leggy
millipede.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.5 T786tr
TREE
LIVING ANIMALS: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of animals who climb, jump,
claw and swing their way through the trees.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.52 A489
AMAZING
ANIMAL BUILDERS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard takes a lesson in construction from some
building consultants, including the web-slinging spider and the
tunneling prairie dog.
(25 min.)
VCR
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ANIMALS
OF THE NIGHT: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of owls, raccoons, olingos
and other animals of the "night shift."
(30 min.)
VCR
591.52 D451es
DESERT
ANIMALS AND PLANTS: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of desert animals and plants.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.52 F885re
FRESH
WATER ANIMALS: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the word of fresh water animals.
(30 min.)
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MOUNTAIN
ANIMALS: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of mountain animals.
(30 min.)
VCR
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ANIMAL
FAMILIES: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Animal families can be very large from a flock of geese to an entire
city of praire dogs.
VCR
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ANIMAL
MOTHERS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Explores how animal mothers teach their young hunting skills and even
toilet-training.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.57 A489
AMAZING
ANIMAL DISGUISES: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard finds out how zebras, cheetahs, and snakes use
disguises.
(25 min.)
VCR
591.59 H847ow
HOW
ANIMALS "TALK": Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the different ways in which animals
communicate.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.65 A489
AMAZING
ANIMAL WEAPONS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard learns the importance of not bothering animals, from
the spiky porcupine to acid-squirting termites.
(25 min.)
VCR
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AMAZING
POISONOUS ANIMALS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard explores the amazing world of poisonous animals,
describing several of them, including frogs, wasps, spiders, snakes,
scorpions, and others.
(25 min.)
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H116
HABITATS OF
THE WORLD: Discovery Channel School, [2001.]
Summary: Lush
and dramatic tour of the environments found throughout the earth.
Tour includes saltwater marshes, temperate forest, grasslands, tropical
rain forest, and polar ice. (54 min.)
VCR
591.754 D451
DESERT
ANIMALS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Explores desert animals from a fog-collecting beetle to a furry meerkat.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.77 S439
AMAZING
SEASHORE ANIMALS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Explores seashore animals including the stinging tentacles of the
jellyfish to the dive-bombing seagull.
(30 min.)
VCR
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THE
ENCHANTED FOREST: Prism Entertainment, 1987.
Summary:
Shows how, in the northern corner of Yugoslavia where the Danube and the
Drava rivers converge, one of Europe's last wildlife oases thrives.
Includes footage from Peter Lalovie's film THE LAST OASIS, of native
wild animals.
(30 min.)
VCR
591.9798 W668al
WILD
ALASKA: Travel Network, c1987.
Summary:
Dale Johnson takes you to the Alaska wilderness to view its wild life
and their struggle for survival. The camera follows migrating caribou,
captures the nearly extinct musk ox, and a rare, dramatic life and death
struggle between a caribou and a grizzly.
(1 hour)
VCR
591.994 A938
AUSTRALIA'S
IMPROBABLE ANIMALS: Vestron, c1998.
Summary:
National Geographic films animals from Australia's extreme environment
including crocodiles and cassowary birds in the wetlands, pygmy possums
and sugar gliders in the mountains, and huge numbers of kangaroos in the
arid outback. (1 hour)
VCR
592 M665
AMAZING
MINI BEASTS: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Henry the Lizard explores the amazing world of invertebrates from aphids
to starfish.
(25 min.)
VCR
594 S544
SHELL:
Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a
narrated introduction to the concept of the shell as a protective
feature in the plant and animal worlds.
(35 min.)
VCR
594.5 A436fr
ALIENS
FROM INNER SPACE: Films Inc., 1984.
Summary:
Explores the ability of certain cephalopods such as the
cuttlefish and the octopus, to confuse their prey and to communicate
with their own kind by means of color pulsations and flashes.
(25 min.)
VCR
595.44 156di
INKY,
DINKY, SPIDER: Prism Entertainment [1987], c1984.
Summary:
Shows how, in the forbidding world
of the Florida Everglades, spiders establish their summer kingdom
and provide some fascinating lessons in the art of hunting ingeniously.
(30 min.)
VCR
595.44 S754sp
SPIDERS:
Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of spiders.
(30 min.)
VCR
595.78 B988
BUTTERFLY
& MOTH: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Mixture of animation and live footage introduces life history of moths
and butterflies.
(35 min.)
VCR
595.781 D458
THE
DESIRE OF THE MOTH: Films Inc., 1984.
Summary:
A colorful portrait of the moths of Australia. Looks at their strange
desires and characteristics such as their mysterious urge to follow the
light.
(50 min.)
VCR
595.789 P942po
PRETTY
POISON: Prism Entertainment, 1987.
Summary:
Traces and describes the habits and life patterns of a monarch
butterfly.
(30 min.)
VCR
597.6 F927tr
FROGS
& TOADS: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of frogs and toads‑amphibians
who progress from life in the water to life on land.
(30 min.)
VCR
597.9 R426
REPTILE:
Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1994.
Summary:
Introduces the alien world of these cold-blooded vertebrates with
state of the art special effects and stunning graphics.
(35 min.)
VCR
597.92 T962tu
THE
TURTLE FAMILY: Eastman Kodak, cl988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of turtles.
(30 min.)
VCR
597.95 D494is
DEVIL
ISLAND: Prism Entertainment, [1987?], c1984.
Summary:
The deserted island Mona, just off the coast of Puerto Rico, is home to
one of the largest lizards in the western hemisphere, the Mona Iguana.
(30 min.)
VCR
598 B115ab
BABY
BIRDS: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Introduces both young and old to the world of baby birds.
(30 min.)
VCR
598 B618
BIRD:
BBC Lionheart Television, 1994.
Summary:
An exciting journey from the bird’s distant dinosaur past to its
present astonishing variety.
(35 min.)
VCR
598.3 W879st
WOOD
STORK: BAROMETER OF THE EVERGLADES: Vestron Video, [1989], c1987.
Summary:
Focuses on the wood stork, now an endangered species, which has depended
on the Everglades as a source of food, water and shelter. The decrease
in the wood stork population represents not only the demise of the
species, but also the failure of an entire ecosystem.
(1 hour)
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A
LOVE STORY, THE CANADA GOOSE: Prism Entertainment, 1982.
Summary:
Travel to the wetlands of North America, the breeding grounds for one of
the largest, most intelligent and adaptable birds on earth, the Canada
goose.
(30 min.)
VCR
598.9 B618
BIRDS
OF PREY: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Explores birds of prey from the sharp-eyed eagle to the scavenging
vulture.
(30 min.)
VCR
598.91 C153co
CALIFORNIA
CONDOR: Vestron Video, c1989.
Summary:
Shows six California condors living in the wild, their courtship flight,
and the plight of their extinction.
(1 hour)
VCR
598.91 D285
DEATH
ON THE WING: Greene & Dewar New Wilderness Productions, c1987.
Summary:
Follows the migration of the golden eagle from the summer in Idaho to
winter in Texas.
(30 min.)
VCR
598.97 M423
MASTER
HUNTER OF THE NIGHT: Prism Entertainment, c1987.
Summary:
Explore the true nature of the fabled night predator -- Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde of the bird world -- the Great Horned Owl.
See what happens when a male owl is injured and the effect on his
family.
(22 min.)
VCR
598.97 W5851i
WHITE
LIGHTNING: THE SNOWY OWL PREVAILS ON QUEBEC’S HUDSON BAY: Prism
Entertainment, 1988.
Summary:
Perched high atop the snowbound tundra of Quebec's Hudson Bay, the Snowy
Owl reigns alone over the winter wonderland, as his many feathered
friends have fled to warmer climates. Watch as five hatchlings come to
life for one owl family.
(30 min.)
VCR
599 M265
MAMMAL:
DK Vision, c1996.
Summary:
Mixture of animation and live footage serves as background for
introduction of the life history of mammals.
(35 min.)
VCR
599.059 S578ig
SIGNS
OF THE APES, SONGS OF THE WHALES: Vestron Video, 1988, c1983.
Summary:
Revisits Washoe, a chimpanzee that communicates using American Sign
Language, and examines some of the most recent language experiments
being done with apes, dolphins sea lions, gorillas, and whales.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.323 R288
THE
REAL MR. RATTY: Films Inc., 1985.
Summary:
Looks at the life-style of the vole. Also describes the physical
characteristics, activities, courtship, mating behavior, and rearing of
the young.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.323 S774
SQUIRREL
ON MY SHOULDER: Films Inc., 1989.
Summary:
Tells the story of an orphaned gray squirrel which was raised by the
John Paling family cat and eventually returned to nature after frantic
domestic chaos.
(25 min.)
VCR
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VAMPIRE:
Films, Inc., c1979.
Summary:
This film covers not only the physiology of the vampire bat, but the
fact they often form complex relationships and can display great
gentleness.
(25 min.)
VCR
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CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS OF THE DEEP KIND: Prism Entertainment, 1987, c1982.
Summary:
Introduces the humpback whale that migrates from the northern Pacific to
Maui, where it courts, mates and breeds. Follows a mother and her
newborn as they travel 4,000 miles, escaping from whale hunters, killer
whales and sharks.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.5 G786wh
THE
GREAT WHALES: Vestron Video, c1978.
Summary:
A documentary on whales, including information on their anatomy,
communication and migration patterns.
(59 min.)
VCR
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MAGNIFICENT
MONSTERS OF THE DEEP: Eastman Kodak, c1988.
Summary:
Travel to the Bay of Vadez in South America with Dr. Roger Payne and his
family to observe the southern right whale.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.5 S132wi
SAILING
WITH WHALES: BBC-TV, 1985.
Summary:
The history and current migration of whales, especially the humpback
whale.
(25 min.)
VCR
599.5 S617si
THE
SINGING WHALE: Pacific Arts Video, c1986.
Summary:
Jacques Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso sail into a challenging
adventure among the colossal hump back whales.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.5 W552
WHALES:
Pacific Arts Video, c1986.
Summary:
Tours the last surviving wooden whaling boat, views experiments with a
whale at Marine World in California, and conducts a series of studies
with whales in the open ocean.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.5 W552do
WHALES,
DOLPHINS AND MEN: Campbell-Jones Films Inc., [198‑].
Summary:
Explores the extraordinary intelligence and behavior of whales and
dolphins. Also examines the whaling industry and presents a case for the
preservation of whales.
(50 min.)
VCR
599.5 W552ha
WHALE
WATCH: Vestron Video, c1988, 1982.
Summary:
Observes whales and their activities in the lagoons off the coast of
central Mexico and introduces viewers to the methods used in studying
and filming their behavior.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.51 R439of
RETURN
OF THE GREAT WHALES: Films Inc., c1982.
Summary:
Chronicles the return of humpback whales, after an absence of nearly
twenty years, to the Farallon Basin, just off San Francisco. Describes
humpbacks, blue whales, bottle-nosed whales, and dolphins outside
the Golden Gate. Includes some of the early history of the area when
whale populations were being indiscriminately depleted.
(50 min.)
VCR
599.53 H947
THE
HUNTERS OF CHUBUT: Prism Entertainment, c1987.
Summary:
This video visits the rugged Atlantic coast of Argentina and an
exploration of the powerful predator the killer whale.
(22 min.)
VCR
599.53 135
IN
THE KINGDOM OF THE DOLPHINS: Home Vision, c1982.
Summary:
Journalist Hardy Jones and marine biologist Julia Whitty spent several
summers filming dolphins in the Caribbean, learning to identify and
determine the age of dolphins, exploring their sophisticated social
relationships and intelligence, and observing the many ways dolphins use
sound to perceive and negotiate their environment.
(50 min.)
VCR
599.53 S725so
A
SOUND OF DOLPHINS: Pacific Arts Video, c1986.
Summary:
Jacques Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso try to unravel the
mysteries surrounding one of the world's most intelligent creatures, the
dolphin.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.61 W361li
WE
LIVE WITH ELEPHANTS: Eastman Kodak, 1988.
Summary:
This is the story of scientist Lain Douglas-Hamilton's family who
had lived with five hundred African elephants of Lake Manyara, in
Tanzania for five years, and came to know every single one of them.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.72 Y47he
YESTERDAY'S
HEROES: Prism Entertainment, 1988.
Summary:
Shows how, in Australia, the wild descendants of the animals that helped
build the continent, including horses, donkeys, and camels, experience
the harsh and fatal reality of no longer being needed.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.73 F943ed
FROZEN
EDEN: Greene & Dewar New Wilderness Productions, 1987.
Summary:
Journey to the vast Ungava Peninsula where the world’s last great
Caribou herds thunder over a frozen Eden on their annual thousand mile
migration.
(22 min.)
VCR
599.74 B592
THE
BIGGEST BEARS!: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE FROM ALASKA: Broadcast Services of
Alaska, c1994.
Summary:
A musical visit with giant Alaskan grizzly bears and their cubs and
other Alaskan wildlife, including eagles, Dall sheep, caribou, foxes,
black bears and sea otters.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.74 C357
CAT:
Dorling Kindersley Vision, 1994.
Summary:
Follows the fascinating and ancient journey of these mysterious and
adored animals from the African Savanna to the modern home.
Investigates evolution, anatomy, habitat, behavior and more.
(35 min.)
VCR
599.74 D654
DOG:
Dorling Kindersley Vision, 1994.
Summary:
Discover the wolf connections that give dogs their hunting, courting,
mating and social traits, and find out what a dog’s life is really all
about.
(35 min.)
VCR
599.74 H955
HUNTRESS:
Greene & Dewar New Wilderness Productions, 1984.
Summary:
Shows how an adolescent cougar is driven from the family den and treks
the Colorado Rockies in search of a territory she can make her own.
(23 min.)
VCR
599.74 K51ki
KINDNESS
KILLS: Greene & Dewar New Wilderness Productions, 1988.
Summary:
Climb the Rocky Mountains of Alberta's Band National Park, where Black
Bears are the main attraction for North American nature lovers. As bear
seeking tourists flock to national parks to observe the bears in their
natural habitat, the bears desperately try to stay hidden from sight.
Ironically, when the bears become addicted to human handouts, they can
become dangerous in such close proximity to the tourists.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.74 L253
LAND
OF THE TIGER: Vestron Video, c1986.
Summary:
Filmed in India, this film gives an intimate portrait of the tiger --
showing it stalking and catching a deer, confronting crocodiles, and a
female tiger nursing her young cubs.
(59 min.)
VCR
599.74 044do
OLD
DOG, NEW TRICKS: Prism Entertainment, 1987.
Summary:
Filmed in the mountains of Montana and Wyoming, this program shows how
man's effect on nature has changed the coyote.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.74 058
ON
THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION: PANTHERS & CHEETAHS: Vestron video, c1989.
Summary:
Explores the work being done by conservationists to save the habitat and
future of the Florida panther and the African cheetah. Examines the
issues facing the survival of the breeds including genetic variation,
human overpopulation and interference, and poor natural resource
management.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.74 S266
SAVE
THE PANDA: Vestron Video, [1986], c1983.
Summary:
Follows two scientists, one American and the other Chinese, as they trek
through a Chinese nature preserve in search of giant pandas.
(1 hour)
VCR
599.74 W853
WOLF:
BEYOND THE FAIRY TALE: Natural
Areas Association, 1994?
Summary:
You’re invited to listen
as Native American Jack Gladstone
eloquently tells the story of wolves in the US through song.
Then watch as the wolf itself reveals its complex character:
sociable, playful, shy, and aggressive.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.78 B368
BEAR:
Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Insight into the nature and legends that reveal bears to be seen as the
symbol of strength and power. Features
the giant polar bear and the grizzly.
(35 min.)
VCR
599.8 M745
MONKEYS
& APES: Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1997.
Summary:
Introduces the lives of the monkey and the ape.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.81 M495
MEERKATS
UNITED: Home Vision, c1987.
Summary:
MEERKATS UNITED features meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. THE IMPOSSIBLE
BIRD features ostriches in Kenya.
(55 min.)
VCR
599.82 189
IT'S
A MALE'S WORLD: BABOONS IN A BATTLE OF THE SEXES: Prism Entertainment,
1988.
Summary:
This program joins Dr. Hans Kummer in his examination of the male
dominated society of the Himalayan baboon.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.82 T143
TALES
OF THE SNOW MONKEY: Greene & Dewar New Wilderness Productions, 1983,
c1982.
Summary:
Documents the survival and adaptive capabilities of the Japanese snow
monkey. Follows snow monkeys in the north that live on twigs and bark
during a six-month winter to the coddled snow monkeys that live by
a ski resort where hot baths and food from tourists have become a way of
life. Questions if this species will survive.
(23 min.)
VCR
599.88 A639
APE:
Dorling Kindersley Vision, c1996.
Summary:
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a
narrated introduction to the life history of apes and other primates.
(35 min.)
VCR
599.884 A525th
AMONG
THE WILD CHIMPANZEES: National Geographic Society, 1984.
Summary:
Documents Jane Goodall's twenty-two year field research on the
wild chimpanzees of East Africa. Shows the chimpanzees' nomadic
behavior, their family structure, and their ability to hunt and make and
use tools. Also looks at discoveries of warfare and cannibalism.
(59 min.)
VCR
599.884 A811
THE
ASCENT OF THE CHIMPS: Prism Entertainment, 1987.
Summary:
Studies the chimpanzees in their community enclosure at the Amhem Zoo in
the Netherlands.
(30 min.)
VCR
599.884 G669or
GORILLA:
Vestron Video, c1981.
Summary:
Calls attention to the plight of the gorilla, which is on the verge of
extinction. Profiles a zookeeper, a research scientist, a research
psychologist, a writer-photographer, and a husband and wife team
working on the mountain gorilla project. Film footage demonstrates the
animals' intelligence, humanlike qualities, and the effects of their
exploitation by humans.
(59 min.)
VCR
599.884 S439
SEARCH
FOR THE GREAT APES: Vestron Video, [1989].
Summary:
This documentary examines the efforts by scientists Diane Fossey and
Birute Galdikas-Brindamour to study the mountain gorilla and the
orangutan in the high mountains of central Africa and within a rain
forest in Borneo.
(1 hour)
VCR 599.93
H918
THE HUMAN
GENOME PROJECT: EXPLORING OUR MOLECULAR SELVES: National Institutes of
Health, [2001?].
Summary:
Studying the human genome--all the DNA in our cells--allows us to
explore fundamental details about ourselves. This kit, designed for
grades 9-12, contains a video documentary in English and Spanish, a
multimedia cd-rom, and a booklet describing genomics, genetics, and
genetic medicine. (15 min.)