Coming of Age With Elephants: A Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 0786881917
- ISBN-13
- 9780786881918
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-03-13
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Author
- Joyce Poole
Description
The subject of numerous television features (including a popular National Geographic special), Coming of Age with Elephants passionately documents renowned animal behaviorist Joyce Poole's groundbreaking work with 800 elephants at Kenya's Amboseli National Park, discovering the intricacies of elephant social structure, sex cycles, and communication, and their intelligence and remarakble empathy.
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