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Antananarivo, 146, 155, 162, 260
Arauazinho Creek, 40, 44
Arauazinho village, 46, 47, 50
aruanas, 30
aye-aye, 8, 13, 121, 122, 160, 163, 245
appearance, 120–1
fady and, 139–40
female, 123
lemur, 121–2
mating, 123
middle finger, 121, 122
nocturnal, 124
numbers of, 123
‘percussive foraging’, 122
role in ecological framework of
the forest, 122–3
search for, Douglas Adams and, 123–4, 133
search for, Stephen Fry and, 156, 159, 161, 162
baboons, 83
Baie d’Antongil, 124
Baja California, 258–305
baobab trees, 142
barracuda, 242
BBC, 9, 27, 40, 64, 83, 268
film crew, 27, 64–5, 134, 207, 216, 244, 268, 270, 287, 292, 303
Benchley, Peter, 279
Berenty, 134, 135, 137, 138
biofuels, 238
biographies, 320
bioluminescence, 279
Black, Richard, 187, 188–9
blob fish, 24
boa:
emerald tree, 162
Madagascar tree, 126, 127
bongo, 24
bonobo, 93
Borneo, 226, 227, 228, 232, 234, 237, 239, 240, 245
Bounty Islands, 24
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, 99, 100–1, 102–4, 105
caboclo, 41
caiman, 34
dwarf, 45
candiru fish, 35–6
Cape Peninsula National Park, 126
Cassell, Scott, 294, 294, 296, 297, 298
Cassiquiari, 40, 43, 45, 52
Central African Republic, 72
Chad, 72
chameleon:
panther, 126, 127
pygmy, 128, 129
Chatham Island, 168, 193, 194–6, 194
black robin, 168, 193, 196–7, 196–7, 198, 199–201, 200, 205
oystercatcher, 194, 195, 195, 196
shore plover, 199
chimps, 92, 93–9, 95, 96
China, 305
Chinese Medicine, Traditional, 245–6, 281
clownfish, 243
Cochimi Indians, 275
Com te Abreu, 62, 63, 65
Congo, 12, 102 see also Democratic Republic of Congo and Zaire
coral reefs, 239, 240, 243, 242–3
Cordeiro, Ivano, 27, 44, 45–6, 48
Cortez Camp, 263–9
Costa Rican Dome, 302
Craig, Batia, 80
Da Silva, Vera, 55, 57, 59
Darwin, Charles, 133, 232
Daugherty, Professor Charles, 175, 176
Dawkins, Richard, 7, 8
De Brito, Marina Barahona, 27
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 70, 72–3, 90, 93, 98, 101, 102, 104, 109, 162
Garamba National Park, 70, 73–5, 73, 80, 83, 84, 90, 91, 109, 114, 115
dendronautics, 51–2, 53
dik-dik, 24
dolphin, bottlenose, 198, 289
dolphin, pink river (boto), 36, 37, 38, 39, 162
dolphin, Yangtze river (baiji), 9, 306, 307, 309, 310–11
appearance, 306
extinction of, 309–10
numbers of, 305, 306, 308, 309
Three Gorges Dam and, 306, 308
rescue plan for, 308, 309–10
Durrell, Gerald, 122
Dvur Králové Zoo, 115
electric eels, 34
elephant, 71, 88–9, 91
elephant birds, 133
ennis, 47, 48
eremomela, burnt-neck, 24
European Space Agency, 179
fishermen, illegal Southeast Asian, 240
Foing, Dr Bernard, 179
fossa, 146, 147, 147, 149
frog:
poison-arrow, 53
rot-hole tree, 127
fruit bats, 255
straw-coloured, 143
Fry, Stephen, 7, 8, 19, 20, 33, 35, 37, 42, 49, 58, 131, 134, 178, 228, 231, 233
Amazon, reaction to, 50, 52
appearance, 18, 260
author, relationship with, 9–10, 11, 18–20, 143–4, 155, 156, 194, 195, 216
aye-aye and, 161
baobab and, 116–17
breaks arm, 63–5, 66, 70, 70
brown lemur and, 138, 138
Chatham Island black robin and, 198, 199, 200, 201
Chatham Island oystercatcher and, 195
chimps and, 93, 94, 97, 99
diving, 240–1, 241, 242–3
dolphins and, 289
Douglas Adams and, 7–8, 9, 18
extreme sports and, 186–7
Fiordland and, 188, 190
fossa and, 147
frenetic lifestyle, 174
giant jumping rat and, 143–4, 145, 146
gorillas and, 102, 103, 103, 104, 105, 105, 106, 108
hedgehog tenrec and, 130
in quarantine, 170, 170, 171, 171 intelligence, 18–19, 33, 227, 293
jungle habituation process, 33–6, 35
kakapo and, 166, 168, 169, 170, 202, 209, 210–11, 212, 213, 216, 217
kiwi and, 183, 184, 184, 185, 186
komodo dragon and, 224, 246, 248, 249–50, 252, 253, 254
Last Chance to See, joins, 9–10
on Madagascar, 162
Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur and 150
Malaysia and, 226–7
manatee and, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63
on noise of jungle, 100
northern white rhino and, 75, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90, 92, 92–3, 110, 113, 114
on a mule, 269–72, 269, 271
Peter Jackson and, 181, 181, 182, 183
pink river dolphin and, 36–7, 37
pygmy chameleon and, 129
rashes, 204–5
sea turtles and, 233–4, 235, 236, 237
sifakas and, 137
tequila induced delirium, 267–9
travelling, reaction to conditions during, 27, 41, 134, 136–7, 140, 143, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 205, 207, 215, 216, 218, 219, 249–50, 284, 285
travelling philosophy, 21
tuatara and, 172, 174, 176
weight loss, 260
weta and, 176, 178
whale sharks and, 276, 278, 283
whales and, 258, 262–3, 263, 265, 286, 287, 288, 291, 293, 301, 302, 304, 305 Fry in America, 138
Galápagos Islands, 133
Garamba National Park, DRC, 70, 73–5, 73, 80, 83, 84, 90, 91, 109, 114, 115
Garamba River, 83
gazelle, Grant’s, 83
gecko, leaf-tailed, 127, 127
Gendron, Diane, 304–5
Gili Dasami, 253
Gili Motang, 253
giraffe, 74, 83
Gombe Stream National Park, 97, 293
Goodall, Jane, 97, 292–3
Gorda Bank, 290
gorillas, 93, 101–9, 107, 162
belch vocalisation, 105
chest hair, 106
Mubare group, 104
rangers, 102, 104
political troubles and, 102–3
Rugendo group, executions of, 102
Rushegura group, 104
silverback, 102, 106
search for, 103–5
tourism, 108–9
numbers left, 101
Greenman, Jo, 177, 178, 179
Grivetto, Greg, 285
gulls, red-billed, 198
Hairy van Pit-Bull, 44–6
hammock, sleeping in, 43
Henry Junior, Richard, 189–90, 196
Henry, Richard, 189
Hillman-Smith, Fraser, 83
Hillman-Smith, Kes, 74, 83, 84
hippos, dwarf, 133
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve, 76
Honshu island, Japan, 296
Horizon, 285, 305
Hu
tus, 102–3
indigo bunting, 287, 288
Indonesia, 12, 118, 224, 227, 229, 239, 246, 249, 253, 254
ivory, 88–9, 91
Jackson, Peter, 181–3, 181
jambiyas, 87
Jaws (Benchley), 278–9
kakapo parrot, 164–5, 166–9, 167, 188, 201–20, 216–17, 315
Codfish Island and, 206–20
conservation, 189
endangered, 168–9
evolution of, 166, 168, 169
life expectancy, 210
mating, 202–3, 207, 218–19, 220
parenting, 220
Sirocco, 204, 210–11, 211, 212, 213, 215
name, 201–2, 219
numbers of, 168, 189, 202–3, 206, 207
search for, 166–9, 206–11
Kannerberg, Captain Wilson, 40, 50, 65
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, 172, 174, 175, 179
Keall, Sue, 175, 176
Kenya, 79–90, 93, 109–10
Kenya Wildlife Service, 89, 110
Kenyatta International Conference Centre, 110
kissing bug, 24
kiwi, 183–6, 184
Komodo, 224–55, 225
animals on, 226 see also under individual
animal name
landscape, 254, 254
Komodo Dragon, 12, 222–3, 247, 248, 252–3
bite, 252–3
dangerous nature of, 246, 248, 249, 252–3
habitat, 253
numbers of, 253
reputation of, 249–50
Survival Programme, 253
La Paz Bay, 275–6, 276, 278, 284
Lanham, Sandy, 303, 303, 304
lemurs, 12
aye-aye see aye-aye
baby ring-tailed, 119
black and white ruffed, 129, 156
brown, 156
indiri, 153, 154–5
giant, 132
greater bamboo, 155–6
grey bamboo, 156
Madame Berthe’s mouse, 148, 149–50, 151, 235, 263
number of species in Madagascar, 135
pale fork-marked, 143
red-fronted brown, 135
Verreaux’s sifaka, 135, 136, 137–8, 156
white-fronted brown, 127, 131
Leopold II of Belgium, King, 72–3
Lessard-Therrien, Malie, 304
Lewis, Richard, 144–5
lion, African, decline of, 313–14, 314
lizard, monitor, 231
Lord’s Resistance Army, 75
Luo tribe, 88
Lusaka Agreement Task Force, 84–5, 88–9
Maain, Pak, 250, 250
Maasai, 88, 89
macaques, crab-eating, 231
Madagascar, 12, 13, 14, 118–62, 235, 260, 263, 296
animals in see under individual animal name
diversity of wildlife in, 131–3, 154
driving in, 150–1, 152
evolution of wildlife on, 131–3
forest, disappearance of, 133–4
Fort Dauphin, 134, 136
human population, 133
Kirindy Forest, 140, 143, 144, 147, 149
Morondava, 140
superstition in/fady, 138–40, 139, 162
malaria, 100, 204
Malay Archipelago, The, 232
Malaysia, 226–7, 237, 239, 240
Mamirauá Project, 61, 65
manatee, Amazonian, 56, 233
appearance, 24, 26, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 59
breathing, 27
character, 26–7
dwarf, 44, 45, 46
feeding, 46–8
hair, 58
movement of, 55
numbers of, 58
search for, 24, 44, 48–9, 54–7, 162
swimming with, 57–8
threats to, 58–9
vegetarian, 27, 48
Manaus, 24, 27, 28, 29–30, 29, 31, 34, 40, 50, 54, 61
fish market (Mercado Municipal Adolpho Lisboa), 29–30, 31
Mandrare River, 135
Marmontel, Miriam, 61, 62, 65, 66
Maroantsetra, 124, 150
Mauritius kestrel, 144–5
Merton, Don, 189, 190, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 205, 217
‘Meeting of the Waters’, 28, 29, 29
mongooses, narrow-striped, 143
monkey:
proboscis, 229, 230, 231
squirrel, 25
moon, Noah’s Ark on, 179–80
Mount Everest, 126–7
Mount Kenya, 79
Mount Kilimanjaro, 88
Mozambique Channel, 132
mudskippers, 228–9
mule trek, 269–75, 269, 271, 274
Nairobi National Park, 109–10
Napoleon wrasse, 242
National Congress for the Defence of the People (Congo), 75, 102
National Institute for Amazon Research, 54–9
Navarro-Holm, Esmeralda Estrella, 276, 278, 278, 283
New Zealand, 12, 166–220
animals in see under individual animal name
Chalky Island, 190
Codfish Island, 170, 171, 172, 190, 203, 204, 205–20, 205, 206
conservation in, 172
Department of Conservation, 170, 171, 205, 209
evolution of wildlife in, 171–2
extinction of animals in, 171–2
Fiordland, 187–9, 188, 190, 201, 297
Invercargill, 170, 203–4, 207
Kakapo Castle, 188
Little Barrier Island, 190
Little Mangere, 197, 198
Mangere Island, 198
Matiu-Somes Island, 176–8, 179, 204
Maud Island, 189–90
Queenstown, 186–8, 186–7, 193
Southland Quarantine Facility, 170–1, 203
Stephen’s Island, 172
Stewart Island, 206, 207, 209
Wakatipu, 187
Wellington, 176, 181
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, 93–9
Ngorongoro Crater, 126
Nkunda, Laurent, 102
Nosy Mangabé, 123–4, 125, 127, 129, 131, 161
Ol Jogi Ranch, 110–14, 111, 112, 113, 114
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, 79, 80–90, 110, 115, 115
orang-utan, 93
organisations worth supporting, 316
Origin of Species (Darwin), 232
ostrich, 83
oystercatcher, Chatham Island, 194, 195, 195, 196
palm oil, 237–8, 238, 239
palm weevil, South American, 24
pangolin, 231, 231
parrots, 12
kakapo see kakapo
kea, 190, 191, 192–3
peanut-headed bug, 24
pelicans, brown, 266, 267
People’s Liberation Army (Sudan), 75
pigeon, North American passenger, 179, 207
Pilcher, Nicholas, 234
piranha, 21, 30, 31, 32, 34
pirarucu, 30
piti, 61–2, 63, 63, 64, 65–6, 67
plover, Chatham Island shore, 199
poaching, 72, 73, 74, 75, 85, 86, 87, 88–90, 91, 102, 110, 113
potoo, great, 24
Pu, Guo, 306
Purwandana, Deni, 253–4
rainforest destruction, 54, 55, 58, 237–9
Ramos, Carolina, 61, 62, 66
rat, giant jumping, 142–3, 143–4, 145, 146
Razafindramanana, Josia, 134, 137, 138
recognising individual animals, 292–3
rhino, black, 110–14, 112, 113
rhino, northern white, 9, 68, 73, 77
colour of, 75–6
discovered, 72
mouth, 76
population numbers, 72, 75, 76, 115
search for, 73–5, 90, 109, 162
rhino, southern white, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84, 110
conservation of, 76, 79, 84
evolution of, 75
Fry and author meet a, 80–2, 81, 82
numbers of, 76
/> rhino horns, sale of, 85, 86, 87–8
Rhios, 12
Rinca, 250, 253
Rio Aripuanã, 40, 49
Rio Negro, 27, 28, 37
Rio Solimões, 28
robin, Chatham Island black, 168, 193, 196–7, 196–7, 198, 199–201, 200, 205
Rocha, Miguel, 40, 41
Roosevelt, Theodore, 30
Rwanda, 101, 102–3, 109
San Diego Wild Animal Park, 115
San Ignacio Lagoon, 263, 266, 268, 270, 284–5
cave paintings, 273, 274–5
San Jose Island, 304
sea lions, 266
Sea of Cortez, 282, 284–5, 294, 296, 302, 304, 305
seahorses, 244–5, 245
Senegal, 97
shark:
bull, 34
conservation of, 278–80
dangers of, 278–80
great white, 280
killing of, 280–4
large grey reef, 242
shark-fin soup, 280–1, 283
shark-finning, 281, 283, 284
tiger, 280
whale, 275, 276, 277, 278–9, 279, 281, 283–4
white-tipped reef, 242, 243
shrews, lesser white-toothed, 45
Sidaway, Matt, 177–8
Sipadan, 239–41, 241, 243, 244
sirenians, 24, 26
Sirocco (kakapo), 204, 210–11, 211, 212, 213, 215
snakes:
hog-nosed, 143
mangrove, 231
venomous, 21
snark, 217
spider, no-eyed big-eyed wolf, 24
squid, 294, 294, 295, 296
Humboldt, 295, 296–8
Japanese firefly, 296
squirrel monkey, 25
St Peter, 47
Stanley, Henry Morton, 72
starfish, 243, 243
Steller, Georg Wilhelm, 47
Steller’s sea cow, 47
Stephen’s Island Wren, 172
stingrays, 34
Sudan, 72, 75, 88
Tambaqui, olive-green, 30
Tanzania, 97, 126, 293
Tefé, 61
tenrec, hedgehog, 130
Three Gorges Dam, China, 306, 308
Trans-Amazonian Highway, 54
travel statistics, 320
trevally, big-eyed, 242
Trounson Kauri Park, 184–5, 184, 204
tuatara, 172–4, 172, 173, 179
Brother’s Island, 174
common, 174
mating, 173
metabolic rate, 174–5
nest, 175, 175, 176
numbers of, 174
third eye, 173–4
Turtle Island National Park, 234
turtles, green sea, 234–7, 234–5, 236–7, 242, 296
Tutsis, 102
Uganda, 72, 75, 90, 91, 93, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 109
Unimak Pass, 261
United Nations, 75, 88, 90, 109–10
Virunga Volcanoes, 101, 102
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 232
waxy-tailed planthopper, 24
weta, 182
exoskeleton, 178
giant or Cook Strait, 176–7, 177, 178, 179, 180
numbers of, 178, 179
various species of, 177
whale, blue, 297, 298
average size of, 299
average weight, 299–300
booms, 300–1