Reflections of Eden - B Galdikas

REFLECTIONS OF EDEN is the riveting story of Birute Galdikas, a pioneering primatologist who has spent much of her life studying orangutans. In 1971, twenty-five-year-old Galdikas began living in the remote jungles of Indonesian Borneo, where she encountered menacing poachers, blood-sucking leeches, and swarms of carnivorous insects. Determined to gain the trust of the elusive orangutan for scientific and conservation purposes, Galdikas has spent more than twenty years becoming the foremost expert in her field. This is the extraordinary memoir of a remarkable woman.