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Daily Life with Gorillas~22 years : Heartfelt Memoirs~

(著) 小野田祐典

作品詳細

[About the product]
During his 36 years of working at the zoo, he spent 22 years living with gorillas. Those were days of encounters and partings, and also days of treasures that cannot be described in detail.
This book is a record of three gorillas that the author, who has been in charge of gorillas for many years as a keeper at Nihondaira Zoo, met and had a heart-to-heart with. "Goron" took a nap on my lap from the first day I moved in, "Toto" grew from malnutrition and went to Ueno Zoo to breed, and "Taiko" came from Ueno Zoo to replace Toto.
This book, which describes the endearing nature of these delicate and gentle creatures that are close to humans, is a great book to learn deeply about gorillas, and I would recommend it to many people.

[Contents]
THE FATEFUL ENCOUNTER
GORILLAS’ VISIT AND MATCHMAKING
Gorillas’ Visit
Matchmaking For Goron and Toto
FIRST DISEASE -OTITIS MEDIA-
GORILLA’S BLUNDER -GORILLAS GALL FROM THE CEILING-
TRAGEDY OF MASS INFECTION
CONJUNCTIVITIS
SUSPECTED KAWASAKI DISEASE
GORILLAS’ INTUITION
GORON’S REBELLIOUS PHASE
STRAW AGAINST CHAPPING
CAVITIES THREATING LIFE
GORILLA’S MEAL AND GROWTH
Gorilla’s Meal
Gorilla’s Growth
PLAN OF BREEDING GORILLA’S MARRIAGE -TOTO'S BRIDE-
Profile of Toto
Gorillas Kept In Zoo
Breeding Gorilla
Gorilla Woods
To Achieve Breeding Gorillas
Director’s Decision Making
Toto’s Leaving For Ueno Zoo
FROM GORON’S DIARY ONE DAY
DEAR GORILLAS
Animal Memorial Service
Rest In Peace, Taiko
I Appreciate it, Goron
REUNION IN SPRING
I’M LOOKING FORWARD, TOTO
IN CLOSING
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

[Comments from the Editor]
The King Kong-like image that comes to mind when we hear the word gorilla has diminished, and I think this is largely due to the hard work of zoo keepers. This book is a work that allows you to get a glimpse of that "effort", but it is also a book that makes you feel the richness of the existence of "zoos" where you can observe the ecology of wild animals up close.
I hope that many people will enjoy interacting with gorillas through this book.

[Author Profile]
Yuusuke Onoda
Born in 1945 (Showa 20)
Worked as a zookeeper at Shizuoka City Nihondaira Zoo since its opening in 1969. He has been in charge of giraffes, American bison, Asian elephants, bears, etc., and since 1989 has been in charge of gorillas and chimpanzees for 22 years.
Former member of the Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Western Lowland Gorilla Breeding Review Committee.
Since 2002, he has been in charge of lemur and small monkey houses.
He retired on March 31, 2005.