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Naturalist and bioacoustics researcher Katy Payne stood near an elephant cage at a zoo and felt a strange "throb and flutter" in the air. When she later realized that the feeling was very like that caused by the lowest notes of a pipe organ, she embarked on a journey of scientific and personal discovery that took her to Africa to study how the huge mammals communicate. For years, she lived close to the elephants she loved, getting to know individuals and describing their long-distance infrasound "conversations." After her fifth such expedition, one third of the elephant population she was studying was killed in a planned cull by the Zimbabwean government. Whether or not you accept Payne's hypothesis that elephants are extraordinarily intelligent and capable of communicating with each other and with other species (including humans), you will find her descriptions of the animals compelling and compassionate. Her grief at the loss of her elephant friends is palpable, and she uses it to utmost effect in decrying not only the ivory trade, but the way in which humans have decided to live on the planet. --Therese Littleton --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"I was hearing faint sounds that might have been overtones of stronger sounds that the elephants, but not I, could hear." In a chronicle that effectively blends memoir with the drama of scientific discovery, Payne (Elephants Calling), an acoustic biologist at Cornell, describes her role in the discovery of infrasonic communication between elephants. As she does so, she recounts her 13 years' study of African elephants?observing their social and family structures and behaviors, including the digging of wells. A scientist's respect for the elephants, "my gray friends," and for the native scouts informs her work. Payne writes, "You appreciate the value of silence when you watch elephants at night.... Every animal in the herd listens when the herd is listening. To use silence so well: if I could choose for people one attribute of elephants, I'd choose this." Payne can be passionate, especially regarding the issues of poaching and the harvesting of ivory, and she is convinced that any decision about ivory harvesting must take into account both the experience of elephants themselves as well as the historic relations between indigenous peoples and wild animals. Payne believes that "[i]n such a world animals reveal things to each other, and even occasionally to people like me: their attention to us is commensurate with ours to them." This book will make a wonderful addition to the library of any animal lover or of anyone fascinated by intra- and interspecies communication. Maps and drawing by Laura Payne.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Naturalist and bioacoustics researcher Katy Payne stood near an elephant cage at a zoo and felt a strange "throb and flutter" in the air. When she later realized that the feeling was very like that caused by the lowest notes of a pipe organ, she embarked on a journey of scientific and personal discovery that took her to Africa to study how the huge mammals communicate. For years, she lived close to the elephants she loved, getting to know individuals and describing their long-distance infrasound "conversations." After her fifth such expedition, one third of the elephant population she was studying was killed in a planned cull by the Zimbabwean government. Whether or not you accept Payne's hypothesis that elephants are extraordinarily intelligent and capable of communicating with each other and with other species (including humans), you will find her descriptions of the animals compelling and compassionate. Her grief at the loss of her elephant friends is palpable, and she uses it to utmost effect in decrying not only the ivory trade, but the way in which humans have decided to live on the planet. --Therese Littleton --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"I was hearing faint sounds that might have been overtones of stronger sounds that the elephants, but not I, could hear." In a chronicle that effectively blends memoir with the drama of scientific discovery, Payne (Elephants Calling), an acoustic biologist at Cornell, describes her role in the discovery of infrasonic communication between elephants. As she does so, she recounts her 13 years' study of African elephants?observing their social and family structures and behaviors, including the digging of wells. A scientist's respect for the elephants, "my gray friends," and for the native scouts informs her work. Payne writes, "You appreciate the value of silence when you watch elephants at night.... Every animal in the herd listens when the herd is listening. To use silence so well: if I could choose for people one attribute of elephants, I'd choose this." Payne can be passionate, especially regarding the issues of poaching and the harvesting of ivory, and she is convinced that any decision about ivory harvesting must take into account both the experience of elephants themselves as well as the historic relations between indigenous peoples and wild animals. Payne believes that "[i]n such a world animals reveal things to each other, and even occasionally to people like me: their attention to us is commensurate with ours to them." This book will make a wonderful addition to the library of any animal lover or of anyone fascinated by intra- and interspecies communication. Maps and drawing by Laura Payne.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"MEET ROSY, THE MATRIARCH" SAYS JAY HAIGHT, FROM IN-side a cage in the elephant house in the Washington Park Zoo in Portland, Oregon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
collared elephants, home range behavior, elephant calls, temporal glands, mopane trees, adult elephants, small calf, elephant families, bond group, female elephants, other elephants, adult equivalents, elephant populations, elephant dung Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ntaba Mangwe, Crooked Tusk, Miss Piggy, Murere Pools, Rowan Martin, South Africa, Ian Coulson, Nervous Tuskless, New York, Yellow Mane, Cynthia Moss, Joyce Poole, East Africa, Joe Furunga, Land Cruiser, Poacher Talk, Bill Langbauer, Croc Pool, Johnny Possum, Mike Kock, Sengwa Wildlife Research Area, Thanksgiving Day, Tuy Hoa New!
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"MEET ROSY, THE MATRIARCH" SAYS JAY HAIGHT, FROM IN-side a cage in the elephant house in the Washington Park Zoo in Portland, Oregon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
collared elephants, home range behavior, elephant calls, temporal glands, mopane trees, adult elephants, small calf, elephant families, bond group, female elephants, other elephants, adult equivalents, elephant populations, elephant dung Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ntaba Mangwe, Crooked Tusk, Miss Piggy, Murere Pools, Rowan Martin, South Africa, Ian Coulson, Nervous Tuskless, New York, Yellow Mane, Cynthia Moss, Joyce Poole, East Africa, Joe Furunga, Land Cruiser, Poacher Talk, Bill Langbauer, Croc Pool, Johnny Possum, Mike Kock, Sengwa Wildlife Research Area, Thanksgiving Day, Tuy Hoa New!
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- Silent Thunder: Hidden Voice of Elephants by Katy Payne in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Endangered Species by National Parks on page 268
- The Harmless People by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas on page 129
- The Fate of the Elephant by Douglas H. Chadwick on page 200
- The Evolution of Fatherhood: A Celebration of Animal and Human Families by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls of Whales, Elephants, and Birds by April Pulley Sayre on page 30, and Back Matter
- Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism by Professor Lorraine Daston on page 52
- Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family by Cynthia Moss in Back Matter
- Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights by Steven M. Wise in Back Matter
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