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Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History
Traces the history of elephants, describes their behavior and characteristics, and looks at their influence on various cultures
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482 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1999
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January 26, 2016
1 star off for weight & size......
Oh my so very many photographs & tidbits of information on elephants. The ones of that famous A-Hole circus star who hurt his elephants, Gunther, Gebel... others of how the tricks the elephants did hurt them....
The history of the importance elephants in Asian history, elephants swimming (do you know they swim better & faster than they walk), giving birth (they all help to remove the birth sac), a female dying (they stayed with her & then waited in silence).....
That elephants make a noise so low on the sound register that humans are unable to hear it.
The Busch Circus in Hamburg, had a huge water slide for the elephants to slide down into their pool.
The mass murder of elephants for ivory, trophies, & to stop the destruction of vegetation.
Elephants in religion & architecture... The gate to the Berlin Zoological gardens is beautiful.
An amazing book, that nearly killed me lifting it from the bottom shelf!
Oh my so very many photographs & tidbits of information on elephants. The ones of that famous A-Hole circus star who hurt his elephants, Gunther, Gebel... others of how the tricks the elephants did hurt them....
The history of the importance elephants in Asian history, elephants swimming (do you know they swim better & faster than they walk), giving birth (they all help to remove the birth sac), a female dying (they stayed with her & then waited in silence).....
That elephants make a noise so low on the sound register that humans are unable to hear it.
The Busch Circus in Hamburg, had a huge water slide for the elephants to slide down into their pool.
The mass murder of elephants for ivory, trophies, & to stop the destruction of vegetation.
Elephants in religion & architecture... The gate to the Berlin Zoological gardens is beautiful.
An amazing book, that nearly killed me lifting it from the bottom shelf!
February 14, 2016
This is the book for elephant lovers. It's also an excellent book for history lovers. Its big coffee table book with lots of photos, drawings, and artwork of elephants from mammoth to now. The book tells us all the truths and myths about this noble creature, the important role they have throughout history, how they are viewed in different cultures. It looks at elephants in the wild and in captivity from worker animals who live with humans to the saddest of all situations elephants in the circus. They are family group animals and some of the stories are painful to read, but all in all this is a must-have book for BooknBlues and any fans of the beautiful, intelligent, gentle giants.
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