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The elephant scientist / by Caitlin O'Connell and Donna M. Jackson ; photographs by Caitlin O'Connell and Timothy Rodwell.

Author/creator O'Connell, Caitlin, 1965-
Other author/creatorJackson, Donna M., 1959-
Other author/creatorRodwell, T. C., illustrator.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBoston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011.
Description70 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
O'Connell, Caitlin, 1965---Juvenile literature.
African elephant--Namibia --Juvenile literature.
African elephant--Behavior --Research --Juvenile literature.
Series Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field. ^A567919
Contents Unearthing elephant secrets -- Slippery beginnings -- Call of the wild -- Living large. Elephant species -- Sensitive souls -- Science on the savannah -- The herds at Etosha. Wild bulls -- Fancy footwork -- School days -- Settling into camp -- Ears to the ground -- Donna the scholar. Lab elephant -- Caller IDs -- The trail ahead : bull societies -- Season's end -- Elephants in peril -- Adopt an elephant -- Explorations -- Pachyderm terms.
Abstract Journey to the Namibian desert with Caitlin O'Connell, an American scientist, and witness one of nature's largest , most complex, and most intelligent mammals living today on this earth.
Local noteLittle-357403--305131060050O
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 69) and index.
Awards note2012 Sibert Honor Book.
Awards noteRobert F. Sibert Honor, 2012
LCCN 2010014134
ISBN9780547053448
ISBN0547053444

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