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Elephant Memories: 13 Years in the Life of an Elephant Family
Elephant Memories 13 Years in the Life of an Elephant Family Author:Cynthia Moss African elephants are the largest living land mammals, weighing up to 12,000 pounds. They grow throughout their long lives, maturing slowly -- as slowly as humans -- and forming deep, lifelong relationships. For these and other reasons, the are among the most fascinating creatures on earth and among the most difficult to study. — Cynt... more »hia Moss has lived with the elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for twenty years, spending many hours with them almost every day. In this riveting book, she writes about her closest elephant friends -- the regal matriarchs Teresia and Slit Ear; their younger female relations Torn Ear, Tuskless, Tallulah, Tania, and the great bull elephant, Bad Bull. With her we observe the daily drama of their closely knit lives: the search for food and joyful reunions after even a few days apart; the excitement of elephantine mating and birth; the struggle against drought, disease, poachers, and tourism; the elaborate vocalizations and riotous play; the poignant ways they remember their dead.
For animal lovers and anyone concerned with preservation of wildlife, Cynthia Moss has written an extraordinary chronicle. Elephant Memories is nothing less than an impassioned plea for rthe elephants' continued survival.« less