e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Table of Contents
More Content
More by this author
Mumby, Hannah.
Subjects
Elephants.
Elephants -- Behavior.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Mumby, Hannah.
by title:
Elephants : birth, l...
by call number:
599.67 M962e
Search the Web
Mumby, Hannah.
Elephants.
Elephants -- Behavior.
MARC Display
Elephants : birth, life, and death in the world of the giants /
Hannah
Mumby
.
by
Mumby
,
Hannah
.
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Call #:
599.67 M962e
Subjects
Elephants.
Elephants -- Behavior.
ISBN:
9780062987860 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Birth, life, and death in the world of the giants
Edition:
1st U.
S
. ed.
Description:
295 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2020 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--T. p. verso.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable. Learn to know them as individuals as well as a species in this evocative account of years spent studying elephant behaviour in the wild. Watching a family out for a swim on a hot day, Dr.
Hannah
Mumby
notes grandmothers, mothers, sisters and children exchanging noisy greetings, a consistent stream of close-range vocalisations, intermittent touching, co-operative herding of babies and frequent stopping for snacks. A close and interconnected family. But in this family, the adults weigh several tons each and the babies wave trunks playfully at one another. This is a herd of elephants. That elephants are intelligent, sentient beings is common knowledge, but so much about their day-to-day lives and abilities remains unknown. How do they communicate with one another over seemingly impossible distances? How do males spend their lives once they have left their mothers' herds? And how much do they really remember? In this lyrically written and deeply personal account of several years of field research,
Mumby
reverently describes her own elephant encounters, alongside an exploration of the most up-to-date discoveries about the lives of these gentle giants. Learn how elephants live, travel, have sex, raise children and relate to one another, and reflect on how they think and feel. Understanding elephants as individuals closes the gap between human and animal and has powerful applications in the critical field of elephant conservation."--From publisher.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Cole Harbour Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
599.67 M962e
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Tantallon Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
599.67 M962e
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.