Great Apes Box Set

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Certificate: E
Running Time: 156 Mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 19/07/2010
Content Type: TV Series

Synopsis:
Great Apes goes on an extensive adventure through the world of our earliest ancestors, the ape.These three National Geographic programmes visit the remarkable chimps ofFongoli, examine the dangers facing gorillas in Virunga and explore thegenius of an ape's mind. Great Apes is released in a 3 DVD set rrp £19.99The Changing Ape: In the sweltering heart of Senegal, in a place calledFongoli, a chimpanzee performs an earth-shattering act. She strips a branchof its leaves, chews the tip into a point and jams the tool into a hole in a tree,killing a bush baby. In short, she is making tools and using them to hunt.Surely only humans are supposed to be capable of that? We take an eye-opening scientific journey that reveals as much about ourselves as theremarkable chimps of Fongoli.Gorilla Murders - Lost Gorillas of the Virunga :In July 2007, six mountain gorillas were found murdered, execution-style bygunfire. Photojournalist Brent Stirton was there on assignment and hedocumented the scene and his photographs captured the attention of theworld. Only an estimated 700 of these primates remained in the wild.Six months later National Geographic sent in the first Western journalists toenter the gorilla sector of the park since the murders. The search for thekillers found corruption at the highest levels and revealed how Virunga hasbecome one of the most dangerous places on earth, rife with militarycorruption, imperilled conservation and refugee desperation.Ape Genius:National Geographic presents a lively synthesis of new research that revealsthe critical gap between apes' minds and our own. Great apes have some ofthe biggest brains in proportion to body size of any animals but how similarare their minds to ours? Few would deny that apes experience emotions likeours. If we accept their ability to feel, what about their ability to think? Justhow smart are they and why does human culture move at warp speed whileape culture changes little over the generations?From the shocking and controversial scenes of Gorilla Murders -Lost Gorillasof the Virunga to the fascinating world of Ape Genius, National Geographic'sGreat Apes box set is the perfect purchase or gift for anyone wishing todiscover more about man's closest relative.

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