Secrets Of The Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries ofElephants and People "Vividly written...Their story is thrilling—the kind of tale that wild-animal lovers won't easily forget."—People In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and—in the end—themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists describe their work in the remote and ruggedly beautiful Luangwa Valley, in northeastern Zambia. There they studied the mysteries of the elephant population’s recovery after poaching, discovering remarkable similarities between humans and elephants. A young elephant named Gift provided the clue to help them crack the animals’ secret of survival. A stirring portrait of life in Africa, Secrets of the Savanna is a remarkable record of the Owenses's unique passions. |
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... five years old. We named her Gift, after the recently deceased daughter of Tom Kotela, one of the Zambian game scout leaders. But we doubted if we would ever see her again. There are two species of elephants in Africa. One, Loxodonta ...
... five years old. We named her Gift, after the recently deceased daughter of Tom Kotela, one of the Zambian game scout leaders. But we doubted if we would ever see her again. There are two species of elephants in Africa. One, Loxodonta ...
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... five, she was much too young to breed and, as is true of most male mammals, they had no other use for her. Before poaching was rampant in the Luangwa Valley, female elephants usually ovulated for the first time at fourteen years of age ...
... five, she was much too young to breed and, as is true of most male mammals, they had no other use for her. Before poaching was rampant in the Luangwa Valley, female elephants usually ovulated for the first time at fourteen years of age ...
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... five steps, stop, lift her tail slowly to the side, throw her head around dramatically, make a one-eighty turn, and trot back toward us. She would repeat this several times, as if dancing a jig. She also performed her dance for the ...
... five steps, stop, lift her tail slowly to the side, throw her head around dramatically, make a one-eighty turn, and trot back toward us. She would repeat this several times, as if dancing a jig. She also performed her dance for the ...
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... five game scout camps responsible for securing North Luangwa, came through on my headset. He was relaying a message from “Spider,” one of his informants: Mabu Kabutongo, one of the most determined and ruthless poachers still active in ...
... five game scout camps responsible for securing North Luangwa, came through on my headset. He was relaying a message from “Spider,” one of his informants: Mabu Kabutongo, one of the most determined and ruthless poachers still active in ...
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Contents
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3 UpsideDown Elephants | 18 |
4 The Song of the Winterthorn | 33 |
5 Grandpa | 45 |
6 Any Time from Now | 54 |
7 Gullywhumper | 65 |
8 No School for Gift | 78 |
16 A Present from Gift | 131 |
17 A Dangerous Dinner | 138 |
18 Wildlife Drama | 145 |
19 When I Close My Eyes I See Elephants | 154 |
20 A Dance with Survivor | 158 |
21 Grass Huts and Leopard Stumps | 164 |
22 Camp Arrest | 173 |
23 Adrift | 180 |
9 The Women of Katibunga | 81 |
10 My Troop | 90 |
11 Mountain Elephants | 97 |
12 The Commerce of Understanding | 103 |
13 The Kakule Club | 112 |
14 Too Much Sugar | 122 |
15 Chipundu Pride | 124 |
24 The Stones of My Stream | 184 |
Epilogue | 191 |
Back Matter | 195 |
Back Flap | 231 |
Back Cover | 232 |
Spine | 233 |
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