{"product_id":"elephant-don-the-politics-of-a-pachyderm-posse-9780226380056","title":"Elephant Don: The Politics of a Pachyderm Posse","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Caitlin O'Connell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Animals - Mammals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Greg. He's a stocky guy with an outsized swagger. He's been the intimidating yet sociable don of his posse of friends--including Abe, Keith, Mike, Kevin, Torn Trunk, and Willie. But one arid summer the tide begins to shift and the third-ranking Kevin starts to get ambitious, seeking a higher position within this social club. But this is no ordinary tale of gangland betrayal--Greg and his entourage are bull elephants in Etosha National Park, Namibia, where, for the last twenty-three years, Caitlin O'Connell has been a keen observer of their complicated friendships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eElephant Don\u003c\/i\u003e, O'Connell, one of the leading experts on elephant communication and social behavior, offers a rare inside look at the social world of African male elephants. \u003ci\u003eElephant Don \u003c\/i\u003etracks Greg and his group of bulls as O'Connell tries to understand the vicissitudes of male friendship, power struggles, and play. A frequently heart-wrenching portrayal of commitment, loyalty, and affection between individuals yearning for companionship, it vividly captures an incredible repertoire of elephant behavior and communication. Greg, O'Connell shows, is sometimes a tyrant and other times a benevolent dictator as he attempts to hold onto his position at the top. Though \u003ci\u003eElephant Don \u003c\/i\u003eis Greg's story, it is also the story of O'Connell and the challenges and triumphs of field research in environs more hospitable to lions and snakes than scientists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers will be drawn into dramatic tales of an elephant society at once exotic and surprisingly familiar, as O'Connell's decades of close research reveal extraordinary discoveries about a male society not wholly unlike our own. Surely we've all known a Greg or two, and through this book we may come to know them in a whole new light.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47574388539543,"sku":"9780226380056","price":1986.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226380056.webp?v=1774895324","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/elephant-don-the-politics-of-a-pachyderm-posse-9780226380056","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}