Among the Bears by Benjamin Kilham
A first-person account of wild bear behavior that is both a thrilling animal story and a groundbreaking work of science. In the spring of 1993, Ben Kilham, a naturalist who lives in the woodlands of New Hampshire, began raising a pair of orphaned wild black bears. The experience changed his life. While spending thousands of hours with the cubs, Kilham discovered unknown facets of bear behavior that have radically revised our understanding of animal behavior. Now widely recognized for his contributions to wildlife science, Kilham reveals that bears are altruistic and cooperate with unrelated, even unknown individuals, while our closer relatives, the supposedly more highly evolved chimps, cooperate only within troops of recognizable members. Kilham, who turned a disability, dyslexia, to his advantage as a naturalist, offers fascinating insights into the emotional life of bears. His work-which has been featured in several National Geographic television specials-also illustrates the powerful black bear intelligence that has survived bounties and overhunting to make them North America's dominant omnivore, familiar to every reader. Beyond the natural history, he introduces individual bears who become enthralling and memorable characters. As in the bestselling books by Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Among the Bears explores the breaking down of mutual suspicion and building up of trust between species, with its hopeful implications for the shared future of humans and animals in the wild.
Ed Gray is the co-author, with Benjamin Kilham, of Among the Bears. He founded Gray's Sporting Journal with his wife, Rebecca, in 1975 and was its editor for 16 years. He lives in New Hampshire. DeCourcy L. Taylor is the designer and art director of The Atlantic Salmon Journal, published by the Atlantic Salmon Federation. He is the founding designer of Gray's Sporting Journal and was its art director for 16 years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805073003 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805073000 |
| Title | Among the Bears |
| Author | Benjamin Kilham |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Henry Holt & Company Inc |
| Year published | 2003-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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