african elephant

Text and photographs help profile the behavior, social relationships, mating habits, and hunting style of the elephants that live in the different regions of Africa.

A riddle asking the reader to guess which animal is being described precedes information about different parts of an elephant's body, how it behaves, and where it lives.

Explains that, weighing as much as 16,000 pounds, the African elephant is a huge, dangerous animal and children will understand why a charging African elephant is something to fear.

Provides information about the African elephant, describing its special characteristics, and discussing the threats posed to elephant survival, including illegal hunting and habitat destruction. Includes Internet links to related Web sites, source documents, and photographs.

A biography of Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant researcher in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, illustrated with her own photographs.

Mark Owens chronicles the experiences he and his wife Delia had during the twenty-three years they spent in Africa fighting to save the country's people and wildlife.

A baby elephant enjoys playing with the other young elephants at the zoo, looking forward to the time when he will be fully grown and weigh 12,000 pounds.