The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa
by Caitlin O'Connell
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The author documents her findings about elephant communication, describing her observations about their unique listening behaviors.Tags
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An excellent natural history narrative, based on sound research. A compelling tale of elephants in today's Africa and an insight into the plight of diminishing herds.
I thought this was a different book - about the emotions of elephants. It was only about how they sense vibration through their feet, and about how the author's research discovered this. Not a very startling finding; not a terribly interesting book.
Covering author’s over 15-year study of elephants in Namibia, including the discovery that they communicate seismically. Some brief language, a report of necrophilia/murder, and plenty of elephant mating and defecating.
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Caitlin O'Connell is a faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the author of the acclaimed science memoir The Elephant's Secret Sense, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and the subject of the award-winning Smithsonian documentary Elephant King. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston show more Globe, National Geographic, and Discover, among many others. She lives in San Diego. show less
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