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02270aam a2200337 i 4500 001 9CB3FA06B4A711ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220405011336 008 220210s2022 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022004503 020 $a 147668779X 020 $a 9781476687797 035 $a (OCoLC)1298712513 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-sa--- 082 00 $a 599.67 $2 23/eng/20220218 100 1 $a Stewart, Ellen Greene, $e author. 245 10 $a Elephants : $b up close and personal / $c Ellen Greene Stewart. 246 30 $a Up close and personal 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2022] 300 $a viii, 220 pages : $b black and white illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Elephants are a keystone species and have been a part of the magic of the thickly forested land of South Africa for millennia. This book focuses on the history and work of Knysna Elephant Park, a leading South African elephant research facility that has been home to more than 40 elephants in 25 years. Unfortunately, all the mystique of the Knysna elephant has been reduced to a single elephant left alive. Exploring a wide range of topics, this book covers the impact of elephants' interactions with tourists, how they recover from trauma and even their relevance in human healthcare. Renowned elephant researchers explain the majesty of the elephant brain, which has the largest temporal lobe devoted to communication, language, spatial memory and cognition. To this effect, the book emphasizes the threat of poaching to these gentle giants, which has almost forced them to extinction. Perhaps if humans pay attention to how elephants symbolize our relationship with nature, we can learn important lessons about humanity itself"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African elephant $z Knysna. $z Knysna. 650 0 $a African elephant $z Knysna $z Knysna $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a African elephant $x Conservation $z Knysna. $z Knysna. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220405013920.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9CB3FA06B4A711ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search