finances of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in fire, [>]–[>]
illnesses of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
leaving Deception Valley, [>]
Mark’s first airplane flight, [>]–[>]
social life of, [>]–[>]
theft of supplies, [>]–[>]
travel problems of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
truck accident, [>]–[>]
Owls, [>], [>]
Palmer, Lionel, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
leading hunting party, [>]–[>]
Palmer, Phyllis, [>], [>]
“Pappy” (lion), [>]–[>]
“Patches” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
as mother, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Paul, Dolene, [>], [>], [>]
Paul, Simon, [>], [>], [>]
“Pepper” (hyena), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
adoption by community, [>]–[>]
and Owenses, [>]–[>]
“Pinkie” (warbler), [>]–[>]
“Pink Panther” (leopard), [>]–[>], [>]
“Pippin” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Plovers, [>], [>], [>]
Poachers, [>]–[>]
“Pogo” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Puff” (hyena), [>], [>], [>]
Puff adders, [>], [>]
Radio-tracking equipment:
with brown hyenas, [>]–[>]
with lions, [>]–[>]
problems with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
“Rascal” (lion), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rats, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Reptiles, [>]
See also Snakes
Riggs, Cecil, [>], [>]
Riggs, “Dad,” [>], [>]
Rodents, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Rondavels (huts), [>]
Samadupe Drift, [>]
“Sandy” (lion), [>]–[>]
Sarcoptic mange, [>]–[>]
“Sassy” (lioness), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
as mother, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
“Satan” (lion), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Savuti Marsh, [>]
Schaller, Dr. George, [>], [>], [>]
Selebi Phikwe, [>]
Setswana language, [>], [>]
“Shadow” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
death of, [>]
as mother, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Shakespeare, William, [>], [>]
Shrews, [>], [>]–[>]
Shrikes, [>]
Silberbauer, George, [>], [>], [>]
Snakes, [>], [>]
in camp, [>]–[>]
killed by jackals, [>]–[>]
theft prevention with, [>]
“Sooty” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Spicy” (lioness), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Spooky” (lioness), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Springbok, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Springbok Pan Pride (lions), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Squirrels, [>], [>], [>]
“Star” (brown hyena), [>]–[>]
death of, [>]–[>]
description of, [>]
eartagging of, [>]–[>]
and humans, [>]
and jackals, [>], [>]
leopard vs., [>]–[>]
and lions, [>]
as mother, [>]–[>], [>]
as scavenger, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
social behavior of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
teeth of, [>]
tracking of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
wild dog vs., [>]–[>]
Steenbok, [>], [>]–[>]
“Stonewall” (lion), [>]
“Sunny” (lioness), [>], [>]
“Taco” (lioness), [>], [>]
Tau Pride (lions), [>]–[>], [>]
Taylor, Ann, [>]
Terminalia, [>]
Termites, [>], [>]
Thamalakane River, [>], [>]
Thoreau, Henry David, [>]
Tit-babblers, [>], [>]
“Toffee” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
adoption by community, [>]–[>]
death of, [>]
“Ugly” (hornbill), [>]
Union Carbide mining expedition, [>]–[>]
Uranium exploration, [>]–[>]
van der Westhuizen story, [>]–[>]
Vegetation, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Veit, Hans, [>]
Warbler, [>]–[>]
Water:
conservation of, [>]–[>], [>]
shortage of, [>]–[>]
transporting of, [>]–[>]
See also Drought
Waxbills, violet-eared, [>]
Whitman, Walt, [>]
Wild cats, [>]
Wild dogs, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Wildebeest, [>], [>], [>]
conservation of, [>], [>]–[>]
destruction of herd, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
migration during drought, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
“William” (shrew), [>], [>], [>]
Williamson, Doug, [>]
Williamson, Jane, [>]
Wright, Daisy, [>]–[>]
Wright, Dougie, [>], [>]–[>]
Wright, Eustice, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Wright, James, [>]
Xau, Lake, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Zambesi River, [>]
Zebra, [>], [>]
Ziziphus trees, [>]
About the Author
MARK and DELIA OWENS are the authors of The Eye of the Elephant and Secrets of the Savanna, in addition to the international bestseller Cry of the Kalahari. Their scientific studies of endangered species in the wild have resulted in landmark discoveries, and their conservation work continues after twenty years. They lecture widely on behalf of the Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation.
Footnotes
* Appendix D is a list of the Latin names for the mammals, birds, and snakes mentioned in the text.
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