Ape house /

Gruen, Sara.

Ape house / Sara Gruen. - New York : Spiegel & Grau Trade Paperbacks 2011 - p paperback:pbr

When a family of bonobo apes who know American Sign Language are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show propels scientist Isabel Duncan, together with reporter John Thigpen, on a personal mission to rescue them. An entertaining book that calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA.

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Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Bonobo--Fiction.
Animal rights activists--Fiction.
Reality television programs--Fiction.

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