Elephant Talk: The Surprising Science of Elephant Communication
ELEPHANT TALK THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF ELEPHANT COMMUNICATION ANN DOWNER TFCB TWENTY FIRST CENTURY BOOKS MINNEAPOLIS
This book is dedicated to Jeheskel Hezy Shoshani 1943 2008 and to the elephants Copyright 2011 by Ann Downer All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Twenty First Century Books A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 U S A Website address www lemnerbooks com Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Downer Ann Elephant talk the surprising science of elephant communication by Ann Downer P cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978 0 7613 5766 7 lib bdg alk paper 1 Elephants Behavior Juvenile literature 2 Animal communication Juvenile literature 3 Animal societies Juvenile literature 1 Title QL737 P98D69 2011 599 67 4159 dc22 2010024880 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 BP 12 31 10 eISBN 978 0 7613 7285 1
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION A TALE OF THREE ELEPHANTS 5 CHAPTER 1 BORN INTO THE HEART OF A HERD 17 CHAPTER 2 TRUMPETS RUMBLES AND LONG DISTANCE CALLS 33 CHAPTER 3 TALKING THROUGH WALLS INFRASOUND 45 CHAPTER 4 EAR FLAPS TRUNK CURLS AND ELEPHANT PERFUME 53 CHAPTER 5 GOOD VIBRATIONS 69 CHAPTER 6 GODS AND MONSTERS THE ELEPHANT HUMAN RELATIONSHIP 79 AUTHOR S NOTE 98 ELEPHANT DICTIONARY 102 SOURCE NOTES 103 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 104 FURTHER READING AND WEBSITES 107 INDEX 109 AUTHOR S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 111
