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Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants de Katy Payne

Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants

Autor Katy Payne
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 1999 – vârsta de la 1 ani
This remarkable memoir of scientific discovery begins at the Washington Park Zoo in Portland, Oregon, where Katy Payne's revolutionary work in the field of elephant communication began. It was there that she first discovered the idea that elephants use infrasonic sounds -- sounds below the range of human hearing -- to communicate. This led Payne and her colleagues to conduct field research in Kenya, Namibia, and Zimbabwe that brought about fascinating new insights into elephants' social lives. When five of the elephant families they were studying became victims of culling, Payne changed her approach to her research as she fought valiantly to protect African elephants.

Silent Thunder is a natural history rich in observation of the animal world and how humans participate in it. It is also a passionate story of Payne's own spiritual quest as she turns a keen eye on her own role in this world. On every page Payne's courage and empathy shine through, giving this unique combination of scientific journal and personal memoir an unforgettable emotional power.

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ISBN-13: 9780140285963
ISBN-10: 0140285962
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 128 x 202 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books

Notă biografică

Katy Payne is an acoustic biologist whose study of humpback whale songs received national attention. A frequent lecturer on conservation and on animal behavior and communications, she is currently a Visiting Fellow at Cornell University's Bioacoustic Research Program. She lives in Ithaca, New York, and is the mother of four children.

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This personal account of ground-breaking scientific discovery--the infrasonic communication among elephants--beautifully details the astonishing relationship between the animal world and our own.