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Wisdom of the Wild: Introduction

Wisdom of the Wild: Introduction

Human lives have been influenced by animals in matters that reach far beyond the food chain. In surprising ways, animals help teach, heal, and strengthen people -- in body, mind, and spirit.

August 11th, 2008 | 14 comments | 4,803 Views
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Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Additional Web and Print Resources

Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Additional Web and Print Resources




June 4th, 2008 | 0 comments | 742 Views
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Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: Wit Aniwat

Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: Wit Aniwat

Wit Aniwat is a mahout at his family's elephant-riding center near Phuket, Thailand. He describes the elephants' behavior prior to the tsunami.

June 3rd, 2008 | 1 comment | 691 Views
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Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: K. David

Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: K. David

K. David worked as a wildlife tracker for Sri Lanka's Department of Wildlife for 30 years. He was near Yala National Park when the tsunami hit.

June 3rd, 2008 | 0 comments | 640 Views
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Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Listening to Infrasound

Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Listening to Infrasound

Humans can't hear infrasound, which scientists define as any sound pitched below 20 hertz to as low as 2 hertz. But it turns out that some animals, including elephants, hippos, giraffes, whales, and alligators, have acute infrasound hearing.

June 3rd, 2008 | 0 comments | 774 Views
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Deep Jungle: New Frontiers: Tracking Forest Elephants

Deep Jungle: New Frontiers: Tracking Forest Elephants

Unlike their better-known cousins, the African elephants of the open savannahs, forest elephants are adapted to living in dense woodlands.

March 2nd, 2008 | 0 comments | 130 Views
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