Cry of the Kalahari
Cry of the Kalahari ( Call of the Kalahari ) is the travelogue published in 1984 by the American couple Delia and Mark Owens.
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The report describes autobiographically the experiences of the two zoology students on their seven-year research trip to the central Kalahari , Botswana, in the mid-1970s. Under simple conditions they spent most of the time in the region of the Decetion valley in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve . One focus of her work was the study of brown hyenas and other predators . The "Call of the Kalahari" describes the communication sounds of the black-backed jackals .
The book became an international bestseller and in 1985 received the John Burroughs Medal for the best natural history book of the year. The Owens continued their work in Zambia , among other places , and the book published on this topic is entitled "The eye of the elephant".
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- ↑ The Hunted, NEW YORKER
- ^ "John Burroughs Medal Award List". John Burroughs Medal. Retrieved July 3, 2014
- ↑ www.owens-foundation.org
- ↑ Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens, ISBN 978-0-395-64780-6