Africa Wild

Kamadejo wrote:Giants of the Desert: The Elephants of the Namib and the World They Live in

- Fritz Eloff
- ISBN 978-1869193904



The Kaokoveld, one of the world’s most forbidding wastes, is host to an assortment of animals that have found ways of surviving in this hostile environment. Here giraffes go entirely without water, and rhinos climb towering mountains in search of that scarce resource.

Most unforgettable of all must be the elephants of the Namib. Witnessing these giants cross bare sand dunes is a once-in-a-lifetime sight, and Prof. Fritz Eloff writes evocatively of their habits and environment.

Giants of the Desert is a fascinating introduction to this harsh world and its denizens, vividly brought to life in both images and words.

Kamadejo wrote:In search of the African Wild Dog

- Roger & Pat de la Harpe
- ISBN 9781919938110



The African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, among the most efficient of Africa's large predators, is also one of the southern Africa's most highly endangered mammals species. Persecuted and hunted to the brink of extinction, the African wild dog is today rarely encountered in its natural range.
In Search of the African Wild Dog is a dramatically visual and well-researched exploration of the history and habitat of the African wild dog and the measures needed to ensure its preservation in South Africa and the adjoining Northern Tuli Game Reserves.

Kamadejo wrote:The African Wild Dog
Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation

- Scott Creel and Nancy Marusha Creel
- ISBN 0691016542



With only 5,000 surviving, the African wild dog is one of the worl's most endagered large carnivores - and one of the most remarkable. This comprehensive portrait of wild dogs incorporates previously scattered information with important new findings from a six-year study in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, AFrica's largest protected area.
The book emphasizes ecology, concentrating on why wild dogs fare poorly in protected areas that maintain healthy populations of lions, hyenas, or other top carnivores. In addition to conservation issues, it covers fascinating aspects of wild dog behaviour and social evolution. The Creels use demographic, behavioral, endocrine and genetic approaches to examine how and why nonbreeding pack mates help breeding pairs raise their litters. They also present the largest data set ever collected on mammalian predator-prey interactions and the evolution of cooperative hunting, allowing them to account for wild dogs' prowess as hunters........

Kamadejo wrote:Complete Photographic Field Guide Birds of Southern Africa
over 2500 images for accurate identification

- Ian Sinclair / Peter Ryan
- ISBN 9781770073883



Comprising the largest and most comprehensive collection of photographs of southern Africa's birds in one volume, this field guide brings a new dimension to bird identification in the region. It describes and illustrates all 958 bird species found in southern Africa, and an additional 17 species recorded from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean and associated islands.

- over 2500 colour photographs show age and sex plumage variations, perched and in-flight birds, and colour morphs where relevant
- Text - by Africa's top birding authors - focuses on identification, call, habitat and status, breeding details and diet
- Colour-coded distribution maps show resident and migratory status, and bird density
- Annual calendar bars show, at a glance, when species are present and when they breed
- Group introductions give additional infromation on biology as well as clues to identification
- A-Z directory provides a quick guide to locating groups.

Kamadejo wrote:The Behaviour Guide to African Mammals
Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates

- Richard Despard Estes
- ISBN 9780520080850



The Behaviour Guide of African Mammals is as different from a conventional field guide as motion pictures are from a snapshot. Whether we are able to look at them face to face, on television, or in the hundreds of illustrations provided here by Daniel Otte, this guide allows us to understand what animals do and what their behaviour means.

Kamadejo wrote:Beat about the Bush
Mammals

- Trevor Carnaby
- ISBN 9781770092402



How does the elephant's trunk work?
The elephant is the only vertebrate animal (those with an internal skeleton) to have helical bands of muscle, similar to an octopus' tentacles. They wind around the trunk that is also made up of longitudinal and radial muscles, enabling this dextrous tool to expand, contract and rotate in myriad ways.

This book follows in the footsteps of its immensely popular predecessor of the same name. This expanded version has, however, been revised to cover mammals in a much more comprehensive manner with updated classifications, new questions and answers, a more user-friendly format and more than 600 full-colour photographs. The section on tracks and signs is superbly illustrated to make this intimidating and confusing subject easy to grasp.