| | Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family |  | Author: Cynthia Moss
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 517710
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
ISBN: 0688053483
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.61
EAN: 9780688053482
ASIN: 0688053483
Publication Date: March 1988
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 Thorough and moving study of elephants! January 11, 2001
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book covers thirteen years of Cynthia Moss' elephant research at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Several of the elephant families which reside at Amboseli are featured in this book. Cynthia Moss learned to distinguish each individual elephant by such characteristics as the shape of their ears, ear markings or the size and shape of the tusks. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of elephant life like mating, draught etc. Together with fellow researcher Joyce Poole Cynthia Moss discovered that the bulls like their Asian cousins go into musth too (the period during which they are the most attractive for the cows). Thus a longstanding mystery was solved. But through it all shines Cynthia Moss' deep love for the elephants, she found with them so much to recommend. Learning from them. She certainly succeeds in sharing the joy of studying and living with elephants. I warmly recommend Ian and Oria Douglas-Hamilton's and Joyce Poole's books as well. Indeed Cynthia Moss has found new insights but this is still the book to read on elephants in the first place.
by stardustraven
Great Historical View of Amboseli's Elephants... December 1, 1999
47 out of 48 found this review helpful
Moss' "Elephant Memories" provides intimate detail of her experiences with Amboseli's elephant herd in the 1970's-early '80s. Some of the material is dated as she has since learned new truths and details of elephant behaviors since this book was first published. One example was the discussion of the twin calves: Equninox and Eclipse. Moss was wondering if these male and female calves would be free-martens like cattle twins and unable to reproduce. Well, since those early days, the female has since matured and has had a calf. So the free-marten theory was disproved. But it was interesting to ponder. Basically, the story follows the lives of four closely related family groups--the "T" familes. In her research, she names most of the family members in one family starting with the same letter. So most of the "T" family members names start with the letter "T". I found the book to be entertaining, an elephant saga, yet informative, also. Moss teaches yet inspires empathy for these magnificent creatures. The celebration of elephant births and sorrow of their deaths with the continuation of their daily hardships--drought, killings, hunger and human encroachment are discussed in easy to read detail. "Elephant Memories" is part elephant soap opera and part Moss' speculations regarding her dealings with these pachyderms. There are two separate inserts of photos--one section is in black and white, the other is in color. For anyone who follows Moss' books and videos, it is a must to read this book. It shows photos of elephant's when she first started taking their photos up to the 13 years she researched them before publishing the book. It is interesting to see the "before" and "after" pictures of some of the younger elephants who then grew up. "Elephant Memories" is a great read. I've gotten a lot of detail in my own quest for elephant information by reading this book.
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