Tiger Moon
Tracking the Great Cats in Nepal
187 pages
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71 halftones
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6 x 9
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© 1988, 2002
Tiger Moon is the powerful, poetic story of the Sunquists' two years studying tigers in Nepal—traveling by elephant, avoiding a rhino attack, and learning to recognize individual tigers by roar. A new afterword tells the story of promising efforts to reconnect fractured Nepalese tiger habitats.
Contents
Prologue
1 The Mountains Had Wings
2 Catching a Tiger
3 Chitwan, Then and Now
4 Tracking the Tigers
5 The Mauling
6 Grass Cutters
7 Views from a Hide
8 Tiger Moon
9 The Roaring Tigress
10 A Boat Journey
11 Luxury in the Jungle
12 Last Days in Chitwan
Acknowledgments
Glossary of Nepali Terms
The Large Mammals of Chitwan
References
Index
1 The Mountains Had Wings
2 Catching a Tiger
3 Chitwan, Then and Now
4 Tracking the Tigers
5 The Mauling
6 Grass Cutters
7 Views from a Hide
8 Tiger Moon
9 The Roaring Tigress
10 A Boat Journey
11 Luxury in the Jungle
12 Last Days in Chitwan
Acknowledgments
Glossary of Nepali Terms
The Large Mammals of Chitwan
References
Index
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Biological Sciences: Behavioral Biology | Conservation | Natural History
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