OUT ON A LIMB: WHAT BLACK BEARS HAVE TAUGHT ME ABOUT INTELLIGENCE AND INTUITION
Book ID/图书代码： 13566013B63590
English Summary/英文概要： In Out on a Limb, Ben Kilham invites us into the world he has come to know best: the world of black bears. For decades, Kilham has studied wild black bears in a vast tract of Northern New Hampshire woodlands. At times, he has also taken in orphaned infants—feeding them, walking them through the forest for months to help them decipher their natural world, and eventually reintroducing them back into the wild. Once free, the orphaned bears still regard him as their mother. And one of these bears, now a 17-year-old female, has given him extraordinary access to her daily life, opening a rare window into how she and the wild bears she lives among carry out their daily lives, raise their young, and communicate.
Witnessing this world has led to some remarkable discoveries. For years, scientists have considered black bears to be mostly solitary. Kilham’s observations, though, reveal the extraordinary interactions wild bears have with each other. They form friendships and alliances; abide by a code of conduct that keeps their world orderly; and when their own food supplies are ample, they even help out other bears in need.
Could these cooperative behaviors, he asks, mimic behavior that existed in the animal that became human? In watching bears, do we see our earliest forms of communications unfold?
Kilham’s dyslexia once barred him from getting an advanced academic degree, securing funding for his research, and publishing his observations in the scientific literature. After being shunned by the traditional scientific community, though, Kilham’s unique findings now interest bear researchers worldwide. His techniques even aid scientists working with pandas in China and bears in Russia.
Moreover, the observation skills that fueled Kilham’s exceptional work turned out to be born of his dyslexia. His ability to think in pictures and decipher systems makes him a unique interpreter of the bear’s world.
Out on a Limb delivers Kilham’s fascinating glimpse at the inner world of bears, and also makes a passionate case for science, and education in general, to open its doors to different ways of learning and researching—doors that could lead to far broader realms of discovery.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《孤立无援》中，本•基勒姆邀请我们探访他最熟知的世界：黑熊的世界。
几十年来，基勒姆都在研究新罕布什尔州北部的大片林地中的野生黑熊在。有时，他也照顾其中的孤儿——喂养它们，步行穿过森林来帮助它们适应它们的自然世界，并最终将它们放回野外。即使获得了自由，那些孤儿熊仍然把他当作自己的母亲。这些熊中有一只17岁的母熊，给了他特别的权限进入她的日常生活中，她打开了一个难得的窗口来让他了解她以及和她一起生活的那些熊是如何展开日常生活、抚养下一代以及沟通的。
这本书见证了世界上一些非凡的发现。多年来，科学家们认为黑熊大多是孤独的。然而，基勒姆的观察揭示了野生熊之间有非凡的相互作用。他们形成友谊和联盟；遵守行为准则，让他们的世界井然有序；甚至在自己的粮食充足时他们会帮助有需要的其他同伴。
动物中的这些合作行为、模仿行为会让它们成为人类吗？看到这些熊，我们看到了人类最早的通信形式了吗？
基勒姆的诵读困难曾经阻碍他获得高级学位，获得研究的资助以及在科学文献中刊登自己的意见。在避开传统的科学界后，基勒姆独特的发现让世界各地的熊研究者感兴趣。他的技术甚至帮助科学家们在中国的大熊猫、俄罗斯的熊方面的工作。
此外，他的诵读困难让他的观察能力很好，这帮助他取得了出色的工作成绩。他在图片和解密系统方面的思考能力让他对熊的世界有独一无二的解释。
《无路可退》展示了基勒姆在熊世界的惊人一瞥，同时也给科学和教育赋予了激情，对不同的学习和研究方法敞开大门，而这可能导致更广的发现。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：就像珍古德研究黑猩猩一样，本•基勒姆对黑熊的研究工作比他所揭示的结果有更深的意义：它是革命性的。这本书支持两个惊人的结论：熊比大多数科学家所想象的更为复杂；诵读困难一度被认为是一种失败，然而塞翁失马焉知非福，这在思维方式方面未必没有价值。本的工作将改变我们对动物如何生活的理解，以及科学家该如何工作。——SY•蒙哥马利，《和巨猿一起行走》以及《寻找金月熊》的作者
"Like Jane Goodall’s studies of chimps, Ben Kilham’s work with black bears is more than just revealing: it’s revolutionary. This riveting book supports two astonishing conclusions: that bears are far more sophisticated than most scientists dared imagine, and that dyslexia, once considered a failing, may simply be another, and often valuable, way of thinking. Ben’s work will transform our understanding of how animals live—and how science should be done."
—Sy Montgomery, author of Walking with the Great Apes and Search for the Golden Moon Bear.
About the Author/作者介绍： 本杰明•基勒姆已经研究黑熊并与之生活了有将近20年。在黑熊的行为，如何照顾黑熊，以及如何救助受伤的黑熊，并最终将它们放回野外方面，他是一个专家。他应邀在美国和国际上演讲。他的上一本书是《和熊一起生活并照顾孤熊》。基勒姆和他在黑熊方面的工作已经被五个国际电视纪录频道宣讲，包括国家地理和探索频道。他还出现在很多电视节目中，包括今日秀，早安美国，ABC晚间新闻，ABC晚间国际新闻，福克斯新闻白天版和内部版，大卫莱特曼秀，NBC夜间新闻，CBS海岸新闻，加拿大广播公司晚间新闻，全国公共广播电台和国家广播电台等。 他住在新罕布什尔州的莱姆。
Benjamin Kilham has been researching and living with black bears for nearly twenty years. He has become an expert in black bear behavior, as well as in rehabilitating orphaned and injured bears and reintroducing them to the wild. He is invited to lecture all over the United States and internationally. His previous book is Among the Bears, Raising Orphan Cubs in the Wild. Kilham and his work with black bears have been featured in five internationally televised documentaries, including National Geographic and Discovery Channel features, and he has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC Nightly News, ABC Nightly News International, The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News Daytime Edition, Inside Edition, The David Letterman Show, NBC Nightline, CBS Coast to Coast, Canadian Broadcasting Company Nightly News, and various other shows, as well as National Public Radio, and a host of nationally broadcast radio shows. He lives in Lyme, New Hampshire.
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