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The elephant's secret sense : the hidden life of the wild herds of Africa / Caitlin O'Connell.
Van Pelt Library QL737.P98 O26 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connell, Caitlin, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African elephant--Behavior--Namibia.
- African elephant.
- African elephant--Behavior.
- Animal communication.
- Sense organs.
- Namibia.
- African elephant--Namibia--Sense organs.
- Animal communication--Namibia.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- From an internationally renowned field scientist comes this fascinating story of her unexpected discovery of a RsecretS new mode of elephant communication. This unforgettable journey takes readers into the wilds of Africa where naturalists do their difficult work in a troubled land.
- Contents:
- 1 Listening Through Limbs 1
- 2 The Caprivi 21
- 3 Wet Season Elephant Wars 37
- 4 Making Sense of the Elephant 55
- 5 Tiptoeing Elephants 71
- 6 The Dry Season 79
- 7 The Mother of All Elephants 97
- 8 Elephants on the Move 109
- 9 Cracking Elephant Morse Code 119
- 10 Ivory Ghosts 127
- 11 The Wheels of Conservation 145
- 12 Donna the Dancer 157
- 13 Back to Mushara in Style 171
- 14 Keeping an Ear to the Ground 183
- 15 Wynona's Last Stand 195
- 16 The Gentlemen's Club 209
- 17 The Sails of Mushara 217.
- ISBN:
- 0743284410
- 9780743284417
- OCLC:
- 76967155
- Online:
- Publisher description
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