Hyena nights & Kalahari days /
Mills, M. G. L.
Hyena nights & Kalahari days / Hyena nights and Kalahari days Gus and Margie Mills. - Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2010. - xv, 221 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Pt. 1. Hyena nights / Gus Mills. Getting to know the brown hyenas and the Kalahari -- A roller-coaster ride -- Some Spotted Snippets and brush with rabies -- Progress and setbacks -- Food, foraging and foes of the brown hyenas -- The social life of the brown hyenas: blatantly solitary, secretly social -- Getting to know the spotted hyenas of the Kousaunt Clan -- Hunting and foraging fables about spotted hyenas -- Spotted hyenas versus the cats -- The battle of the sexes -- Other clans and other lands -- Noises and smells -- Hyena conflict zones. Pt. 2. Kalahari days / Margie Mills. The early years -- No longer happy campers -- Running the camps -- Kids in the Kalahari -- Wild visitors to the camp -- Unusual and exciting animal sightings -- Nature, science and emotions -- The final years. Epilogue.
9781770098114 1770098119
2010501024
Mills, M. G. L.
Mills, Margie.
Brown hyena--Behavior--Kalahari Desert.
Spotted hyena--Behavior--Kalahari Desert.
QL737.C24 / M535 2010
599.743096883
Hyena nights & Kalahari days / Hyena nights and Kalahari days Gus and Margie Mills. - Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2010. - xv, 221 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Pt. 1. Hyena nights / Gus Mills. Getting to know the brown hyenas and the Kalahari -- A roller-coaster ride -- Some Spotted Snippets and brush with rabies -- Progress and setbacks -- Food, foraging and foes of the brown hyenas -- The social life of the brown hyenas: blatantly solitary, secretly social -- Getting to know the spotted hyenas of the Kousaunt Clan -- Hunting and foraging fables about spotted hyenas -- Spotted hyenas versus the cats -- The battle of the sexes -- Other clans and other lands -- Noises and smells -- Hyena conflict zones. Pt. 2. Kalahari days / Margie Mills. The early years -- No longer happy campers -- Running the camps -- Kids in the Kalahari -- Wild visitors to the camp -- Unusual and exciting animal sightings -- Nature, science and emotions -- The final years. Epilogue.
9781770098114 1770098119
2010501024
Mills, M. G. L.
Mills, Margie.
Brown hyena--Behavior--Kalahari Desert.
Spotted hyena--Behavior--Kalahari Desert.
QL737.C24 / M535 2010
599.743096883