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Feb. 22, 2013
The SciFri Book Club Visits “Gorillas in the Mist”
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The book club regulars visit Gorillas in the Mist, Dian Fossey’s memoir of her years studying mountain gorillas in a remote African rainforest. Gorilla expert Annette Lanjouw joins the club to give an update on how this endangered subspecies of gorilla is faring.
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Listen to some gorilla vocalizations via the links below. Courtesy of Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
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Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Flora Lichtman
Correspondent; Managing Editor, Video
NPR's Science Friday
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Annette Heist
Senior Producer
NPR's Science Friday
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Annette Lanjouw
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Great Ape Programs, Arcus Foundation
Co-author, with Gene Eckhart of “Mountain Gorillas: Biology Conservation, and Coexistence” (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008)
New York, New York
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Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey Dr.
Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence
by Gene Eckhart, Annette Lanjouw
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