Among the Bears : Raising Orphaned Cubs in the Wild
Overview
Commentary
Benjamin Kilham is a wildlife rehabilitator in New Hampshire who has worked with several bear cubs over a six-year period, helping to raise orphans and observing them closely as he did so. His comments on the bears' behavior--their food-finding techniques, bonding, noises, and even altruism--always tempered with his awareness of the dangers of working with them, bring these fascinating creatures to life. Includes many color photographs of the bears in Kilham's life.
Publisher's Notes
A riveting first-person account follows the author, a renowned naturalist who resides in the woodlands of New Hampshire, as he raises a pair of orphaned wild black bears, discovering unique and unknown aspects of bear behavior that have profoundly impacted our understanding of animal behavior.
Reviews
"The kind of primary research that leads to those rare insights that come to be known as understanding."
Full Details
| Author | |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780805073003 |
| List Price | $17.00 |
| Publisher | |
| Publication Date | 03/01/2003 |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | |
| Release Status | In Print |
| Language | |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Edition Number | 2 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Measurements | Weight: 0.78 Pounds |
| Height: 9.25 Inches |
| Length: 6.25 Inches |
| Thickness: 1 Inches |