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<p><P>While observing a family of elephants in the wild, Caitlin O&#8217;Connell noticed a peculiar listening behavior&#8212;the matriarch lifted her foot and scanned the horizon, causing the other elephants to follow suit, as if they could &#8220;hear&#8221; the ground. <i>The Elephant&#8217;s Secret Sense</i> is O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s account of her groundbreaking research into seismic listening and communication, chronicling the extraordinary social lives of elephants over the course of fourteen years in the Namibian wilderness. <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This compelling odyssey of scientific discovery is also a frank account of fieldwork in a poverty-stricken, war-ravaged country. In her attempts to study an elephant community, O&#8217;Connell encounters corrupt government bureaucrats, deadly&nbsp;lions and rhinos, poachers, farmers fighting for arable land, and profoundly ineffective approaches to wildlife conservation. <i>The Elephant&#8217;s Secret Sense </i>is ultimately a story of intellectual courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.<br>&nbsp;<br>&#8220;I was transported by the author&#8217;s superbly sensuous

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Author

Caitlin O'Connell, Caitlin O'Connell

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226616742

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Stem

Rating

3.71 / 5 (164 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14