"ELEPHANT" BY COMMANDER DAVID ENDERBY BLUNT

"ELEPHANT" BY COMMANDER DAVID ENDERBY BLUNT, HARDCOVER, REPRINT OF THE CLASSIC 1933 TEXT, 260 PAGES. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME ON FEP. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

"After been in the royal navy, manager of sisal estate, cotton planter in Lindi Province of Tanganyika, Blunt worked in the Game Preservation department. Elephants can be taught to stay away from cultivation(shambas).Elephant control scheme was born(cultivation protector). Smell of dead elephants deters other elephant raiders. African elephant is larger,has larger ears and "2 finger" tip at the trunk. The african elephant brains weighs about 10 lbs. The primitive elephants origins were in Egypt."On the trunk, the elephants depends for everything it does". It can test the air for scent upto the height of about 15 feet. Elephants stomach has a "tank", holding 10 gallons of fresh clean water. He moves and feeds by SCENT AND TOUCH, NOT BY SIGHT. Elephant "stomach rumbling" is caused by digestion. Elephant tail hairs are considered to bring luck. Elephants have a sweet smell and it is common to smell a herd before seeing it. Even after full size,elephant tusks still grow.  One of the classic studies of African elephants and elephant hunting. "Blunt was an elephant control officer in Tanganyika, hunting primarily in the Lindi Province. He details the natural history and biology of the elephant, relates his experiences as a cultivation officer and provides an excellent chapter on past and present elephant hunters." Czech. "probably the most encyclopaedic book on elephants." Melland. " - Online summary