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Author O'Connell, Caitlin, 1965-

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

Imprint Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Nettels Non-Fiction  599.67 OCONNELL    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 599.67 OCo    ---  Available
Description 70 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Series Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical notes and index.
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.
Summary 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.
Study Program ACCELERATED READER UG RL 8.4 2.0 GNET
Source NBK 12/11 PPLY
Subject African elephant -- Namibia -- Juvenile literature.
African elephant -- Behavior -- Research -- Juvenile literature.
Elephants.
O'Connell, Caitlin, 1965- -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Jackson, Donna M., 1959-
Rodwell, T. C, illustrator.
ISBN 9780547053448
0547053444
Standard No. NZ1 13748573

 
    
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