Ever wondered what animals want (apart from food and territory)? What language they speak, or where they want to go?

Well, the answer to these questions is that they speak our language, they want to go to and hang out in the wild and most of all they want to have fun, whatever that may entail.

For those that haven't seen the movie, Madagascar is about four animals in the New York Zoo who escape and manage to find themselves in the wild. Their names are Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman.

Alex (the lion) is the big New York Zoo attraction and brings in thousands of customers, young and old, too see him. His big roar yet friendly lion instincts make him a really nice guy.

Marty the Zebra isn't really a main attraction but is really cool and has a cool accent too - the only problem is that he doesn't know if he's black with white stripes or white with black stripes.

He's been acting a little strange since his 10th birthday and is wondering what he's been doing in a Zoo for half his life. He has come up with this crazy plan to go to the wild with all his friends.

Gloria the Hippo is a fun loving character who's really nice, really fat and really caring. She likes all of her friends and respects them alot. Melman the Giraffe is your typical comic relief character, completely paranoid about germs, dirty food and viruses, and has to have a cleaning crew come to his sanctuary at least every half an hour! He's really tall too.

In the fictional world of this PS2 game, the penguins are said to be psychotic creatures who have had military training -- and it's true! The penguins want to go to Antarctica and you want to go to the wild. Who knows, you might cross paths on the way...

The actual game begins as you're in the Zoo and you have to go around collecting cards, talking to people, doing quests and gathering coins. It's actually much fun collecting everything and doing quests, running races etc., because the developers have managed to inject the comedic characters with plenty of life.

Like any good platforming romp that involves the random collection of useless stuff, at the end of each level you can do it again just in case you miss a few cards or coins. The game also requires players to acclimatise themselves with the four animal characters, each of whom have special moves and abilities. Though Melman is tall and ungainly, he has a helicopter move that allows him access to areas others cannot.

Once you've played the first parts of the game, it's time to plan your big escape. Long story short, and the decision is made to travel by train, which means going into New York City. The big city is bristling with life; there's heaps of people, cars, police and even dogs. This task involves controlling each character across, in, over and through the city of New York, hopefully without copping too many bruises.

At the end of each level you pass you can choose to go to the 'Zoovenier' shop where you can purchase totally wacky hats, awesome bonuses, or cool mini games that add a bit of variety to the game. During the game (if you're lucky) you might even find yourself a secret door which leads to even more cool mini games, like tank games, aeroplane games and much, much more.

The graphics of the game are not state of the art, but are good enough and full of vibrancy and colour to make playing this game quite a treat for the eyes. Younger gamers will really enjoy the cartoon style, but most people should be able to take something away from Madagascar.

This game is aimed at a younger audience than, say, Mortal Kombat, but there's enough good-old-fashioned exploration gameplay in here to entice other players, and the variety of gameplay via minigames and various quests makes it more engaging that you'd first think.

If you've got a good sense of imagination and love adventure (not to mention the Madagascar movie) you should find something to keep you playing here. And even though this game is perhaps aimed at the younger gamers out there, and even if you haven't seen the movie, it's still a pretty good game to play. If you loved the humour in Shrek, you'll love this too.

Spongebob and patrick are trapped on the Fiery Fist of Pain Rollercoaster at Glove World!. In this madagascar games, Help our heroes collect cotton candy and red ballons, but keep your eyes open. The fiery Fist is up there somewhere, looking to bring down its fury!

Edition Reuss (1998).
Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket
Text from the Front Flap (German / English / French)
Sinnliche und vor allem natürliche Erotik im Bild festzuhalten und auf Schwarzweiß oder Farbe zu bannen, ist eine der schwierigsten Herausforderungen der noch jungen Kunst der Fotografie. Für den Baseler Fotografen Daniel Bauer (41) liegen genau darin der Reiz und der Antrieb für seine Arbeit. Deswegen hat er sich ausschließlich auf Aktfotografie konzentriert, und daher haben seine Bilder auch diese außergewöhnliche Ausstrahlungskraft, Daniel Bauer beschreibt das so: "Jedes Aktfoto ist zugleich auch das Porträt einer weiblichen Persönlichkeit: sensibel, hautnah und ohne pseudo-erotische Effekthascherei. Nach vielen Jahren im eigenen Studio, arbeitet Daniel Bauer heute lieber on location. Neben kommerziellen Aufträgen und freien künstlerischen Arbeiten fotografiert er mit großem Erfolg sinnliche Porträts und Aktfotografien für seine weibliche Kundschaft.

Photography is still a very young art form, and one of its greatest challenges remains the gathering of expertise by which sensual and naturally erotic images can be captured and presented as black and white or coloured depictions. For Daniel Bauer (41), this is exactly what inspires and motivates him. Born in Basel, he decided early on to dedicate himself to nude photography. This is probably why his pictures have such an intense and unusual authority. According to Bauer: "Every nude photograph is simultaneously a portrait of a female personality: sensuous, imminent, and without any pseudo-erotic affectations." Having run his own studio for a number of years, Daniel Bauer now prefers to work on location. Along with his professional commissions and the pursuance of a private vacation, he continues with great success to create sensitive pictures for his female clientele.

Fixer sur la pellicule la sensualité, et surtout l'aspect naturel de l'érotisme, pour susciter la fascination en noir et blanc ou en couleur, voilà sans doute l'un des plus grands défis du jeune art de la photographie. Le photographe originaire de Bâle, Daniel Bauer, âgé de 41 ans, voit pourtant là tout le charme et l'intérêt de son travail. C'est également la raison pour laquelle celui-ci a entrepris de se consacrer entièrement à Ia photographie de nus et qu'un charme hors du commun émane de ses portraits. Pour Daniel Bauer, « Chaque nu est aussi le portrait d'une personnalité féminine, fait de sensibilité et de chair, sans aucune pose pseudo-érotique. » Après avoir travaillé de nombreuses années dans son propre studio, celui-ci préfère aujourd'hui la photographie en extérieur. Outre des projets à vocation commerciale et Ia photographie d'art, ses portraits et ses nus empreints d'une grande sensualité rencontrent un franc succès parmi sa clientèle féminine.

Second Edition
(Conservation International Tropical Field Guide Series)
Conservation International (2006). (First Published 1994)
Softcover Book
Text from the Back Cover
One of the three most diverse primate faunas on Earth, and certainly the most unusual. Five families, 15 genera, and 71 distinct taxa, all of them endemic to the island of Madagascar. Not only is Madagascar incredibly important for primates, it is also one of the world's highest priority biodiversity hotspots. It has already lost more than 90% of its original natural vegetation, and it has the highest levels of endemism at the species, genus, and family levels of any hotspot on Earth, conserving not just unique species, but entire evolutionary lineages. By providing this guide to facilitate identification of Madagascar's best known flagship species, we hope to stimulate interest in this "island continent" and encourage everyone concerned about our natural world to visit this very special place.

In this guide, we discuss the origins, discovery, study, and conservation of Madagascar's lemur fauna, and profile the country's 71 species and subspecies. What is particularly exciting is that we continue to discover new species of lemurs previously unknown to science. A decade ago we knew of only 50 different kinds of lemurs; now there are 21 more, and we expect at least a dozen more will be described in the next couple of years. As a result, you should see this edition as a temporary reference that will likely have to be replaced in the near future as our knowledge of lemurs continues to grow.

This guide is illustrated with close to 230 drawings, photos, and maps to assist in field identification. We also introduce the concept of primate watching and primate life-listing to encourage all of you interested in primates to see as many of these wonderful animals as possible in the wild and to help conserve them in their natural habitats. You, the reader, whether scientist, primate-watcher, budding naturalist, adventure traveler, or casual visitor to Madagascar, are making a very significant contribution to the future of biodiversity in this amazing corner of our planet. We hope that this guide will enhance your experience and convince you to visit this "Land of Lemurs" again and again.
About the Authors (from Pages 5-8)
Russell A. Mittermeier
Russell A. Mittermeier is president of Conservation International (CI), and has also served as Chairman of the Primate Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission (IUCN/SSC) since 1977. Prior to joining CI in 1989, he was Vice-President for Science at World Wildlife Fund-US. A primatologist and herpetologist by training, Dr. Mittermeier's publications include 15 books and over 400 articles and he has conducted fieldwork on three continents and in more than 20 countries. He received his Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard University in 1977.

William R. Konstant
Bill Konstant is a graduate of Cornell University and currently serves as Director of Conservation and Science for the Houston Zoo. He has more than two decades of experience developing species conservation projects in the Neotropics, Africa, Madagascar, and Southeast Asia. He has held positions with the World Wildlife Fund-US Wildlife Preservation Trust International, the Philadelphia Zoo, and Conservation International, and currently serves on the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group.

Frank Hawkins
Frank Hawkins is the Technical Director for Conservation International in Madagascar, and has lived there for more than 15 years. Since completing his Ph.D. on the birds of western Madagascar, Frank has conducted research all over the island on birds, primates, and carnivores, and has published many scientific papers, articles, and books.

Edward E. Louis
Ed Louis is the conservation geneticist for Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo's Center for Conservation and Research. In an effort to develop baseline molecular, distribution, and census data on lemurs and other Madagascar fauna and flora, Louis has carried out and supervised extensive fieldwork on the island since 1998. He received his DVM and Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M University in 1994 and 1996, respectively.

Olivier Langrand
Olivier Langrand is Senior Vice President for Africa and Madagascar at Conservation International. He holds a master of science in zoology from the University of Natal and has 20 years of experience in the design and implementation of field research and tropical forest conservation programs. He is also an expert on the birds of the southwestern Indian Ocean islands and the author of more than 80 scientific papers and four books on the biodiversity of the Africa and Madagascar region. Olivier was awarded the Order of National Merit in 1997 by the President of Madagascar for his outstanding contributions to biodiversity conservation.

Jonah H. Ratsimbazafy
Jonah Ratsimbazafy received his Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2002, based on a study of black-and-white ruffed lemurs in Madagascar's Manombo forests. Jonah is presently the Scientific Coordinator for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Madagascar Program and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Paleontology and Anthropology at the University of Antananarivo.

Rodin Rasoloarison
Rodin Rasoloarison obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Antananarivo in 2000 for his taxonomic revision of Madagascar's mouse lemurs, genus Microcebus. He has since continued to study the taxonomy and biogeography of cheirogaleids in the field as well as in museum collections around the world. For the past 10 years he has worked as a research coordinator for the German Primate Center (DPZ).

Jörg U. Ganzhorn
Jörg U. Ganzhorn is a Professor at the University of Hamburg's Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation. He has served as Chairman for the Madagascar section of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group since 1998. A zoologist by training, he has over 20 years experience conducting fieldwork in Madagascar. He has published widely on the vertebrate fauna of Madagascar and lemur ecology.

Serge Rajaobelina
Serge Rajaobelina is the President of Fanamby, a Malagasy non-governmental environmental organization that he founded in 1997. In the mid-1980s he served as Assistant Program Officer for the World Wildlife Fund-US Madagascar Program. He then moved to Conservation International, first as Program Officer (1989-1994) and then as Director (1995-1996) of its Madagascar program. Serge has returned to Madagascar Where, in addition to running Fanamby, he works in ecotourism development and biodiversity conservation.

Ian Tattersall
Ian Tattersall is a Curator in the Division of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. A primatologist and paleontologist who has specialized in the study of lemurs since 1968, he has a central interest in systematics and has studied numerous aspects of lemur biology. He has carried out extensive fieldwork in Madagascar and the Comores, and is co-editor of Lemur Biology (1975) and author of The Primates of Madagascar (1982), as well as of numerous scientific papers.

David M. Meyers
David Meyers received his Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology from Duke University in 1993 based upon a comparative ecological study of the newly-discovered golden-crowned sifaka. Meyers has done extensive research in Madagascar's eastern and northern forests, has worked for various conservation and development organizations including WWF, CI, WCS, UNDP, and the World Bank as well as for various private sector companies. He received his MBA from the Yale School of Management in 1999 and is currently developing an environmental business in Madagascar transforming rapidly-growing bamboo into high quality wood products.

Stephen D. Nash
A native of Great Britain and a graduate of the Natural History Illustration Department of the Royal College of Art in London, Stephen Nash has been Scientific Illustrator for Conservation International since 1989, producing images for conservation education and biological publications. Prior to this, Nash was part of the World Wildlife Fund-US Primate Program. Based at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he is a Visiting Research Associate in the Department of Anatomical Sciences and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Art.