The Elephant’s Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa

"I was transported by the author's superbly sensuous descriptions of her years spent studying the animals.... Conjures a high-class nature documentary film in prose." - Steven Poole, Guardian "A ride as rough and astonishing as the roads of the African flood-plain." - Joan Keener, Entertainment Weekly "A successful combination of science and soulfulness.... O'Connell's account is studded with sympathetic insights and well-turned phrases." - Publishers Weekly "This fascinating book reads like a fast-paced detective story of a scientific discovery and adventure.... By the end, O'Connell takes her rightful place among the leading biographers of the African elephant." - Iain Douglas-Hamilton, author of Among the Elephants "Our author sleeps in blinds, pores through elephant dung, darts and collars elephant matriarchs, putz zoo elephants on force plates to send vibrations to their feet, even cuts up a frozen elephant to search for vibration-sensitive cells in its toes and heels....A compelling memoir of how... biological discovery is made." - Anthony Doerr, Boston Globe"