| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 310 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index. |
| Contents |
The existential elephant -- A delicate network -- A strange kind of animal -- Deposited in the bones -- Bay boyz -- Elephant on the couch : case study, E.M. -- The sorrow of the cooking pot -- The biology of forgiveness -- Am I an elephant? -- Speaking in tongues -- Where does the soul go? -- Beyond numbers -- Quilt making -- Appendix. Ten things you can do to help elephants. |
| Summary |
Drawing on accounts from India to Africa, California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behavior, Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Elephants -- Behavior.
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Elephants -- Behavior. |
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Elephants -- Psychology.
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Elephants. |
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Psychology. |
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Elephants -- Effect of human beings on.
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Social behavior in animals.
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Social behavior in animals. |
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Captive wild animals.
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Captive wild animals. |
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Psychology, Comparative.
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Psychology, Comparative. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bradshaw, G.A. (Gay A.), 1959- Elephants on the edge. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300127317 (DLC) 2009014004 (OCoLC)317471714 |
| ISBN |
9780300154917 (electronic book) |
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0300154917 (electronic book) |
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0300127316 (Cloth) |
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9780300127317 (Cloth) |
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1282352830 |
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9781282352834 |
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9780300127317 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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