Elephant Memories Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family

Name: Elephant Memories Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family
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ISBN: 9780226542379

ISBN-10: 0226542378

ISBN-13: 9780226542379

Edition: 2000

Authors: Cynthia J. Moss

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Cynthia Moss has studied the elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for over twenty-seven years. Her long-term research has revealed much of what we now know about these complex and intelligent animals. Here she chronicles the lives of the members of the T families led by matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless. With a new afterword catching up on the families and covering current conservation issues, Moss's story will continue to fascinate animal lovers. "One is soon swept away by this 'Babar' for adults. By the end, one even begins to feel an aversion for people. One wants to curse human civilization and cry out, 'Now God stand up for the…

Book details

List price: $22.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



An Amboseli Day 1973-1975



Drought 1976



Migration 1977



Mating 1978



Social Relationships 1979



Births and Babies 1980



Elephants and People 1981



Flexibility 1982



Population Dynamics 1983



Life Cycle and Death 1984



Future Generations 1985-1986 and Beyond


Epilogue: December 26, 1986


Afterword: November 1999


Amboseli Elephant Research Project Publications


Index