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by Mark Carwardine


  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

 

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