For a unique insight into the secret lives of orang-utans, look no further
than Reflections of Eden by Biruté Galdikas, now out in paperback from
Indigo (£7.99, ISBN 0 575 40002 1). An unashamedly emotive tale of a
woman’s life in the forests of Borneo, shaped by the apes she came to think of
as family.
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