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    The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant
    The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant
    The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant
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    The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant

    Written by Levison Wood

    Narrated by Levison Wood

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    Ever since he was young, Levison Wood has been fascinated by elephants and their fight for survival. Whilst trekking the Nile he saw these beasts up close, and in The Last Giants, he finally satisfies his desire to learn more about the majestic African elephant.

    These giants trek through some of Africa's most magnificent landscapes as they go in search of life-giving waters and pastures. El Nino's droughts and an insatiable ivory trade have cut African elephant numbers by a third in the last decade. If elephants disappear entirely, Africa's entire ecosystem could collapse. But Botswana has become a safe haven, where one-sixth of the world's elephants now reside. Each year their numbers grow and an incredible migration takes place, which Levison has now witnessed and recorded.

    In The Last Giants, he teams up with local trackers to gain insight into how this iconic species survives, camps out in the wild, meets the people and tribes living on the migration's path, and joins the park rangers whose job it is to protect these land goliaths.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 3, 2020
    ISBN9781705248843
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    Levison Wood

    Levison Wood served as an officer in the Parachute Regiment in Afghanistan before becoming an explorer, author and documentary maker. He is famous for undertaking the first expedition to walk the entire length of the Nile River on foot, as well as walking the length of the Himalayas and circumnavigating the Arabian peninsula from Iraq to Lebanon. He has written nine best-selling books and produced several critically acclaimed documentaries. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club.

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    • 5/5
      Wow! To be honest this book was in a line-up of Levison Wood books I’ve been reading/ listening to but compared to his travelogues, this was the one on the bottom. Was I wrong about it! Innately different but still touching on his travels of “Walking the Nile”, Woods does again not disappoint in bringing the world to us by an incredible talent of combining storytelling, history, facts, humanity and cultures. Despite the apparent research that must have went into this book, was I ever bored by the sheer number of facts. One of the things I appreciated most was his ability to argue and counter-argue so many valid arguments, never just taking one side but rather approaching each issue with honesty and clarity of the situations at hand and at large. Guilty and ashamed do I remember walking my daughters through the local zoo, gawking at the elephants like the rest of the visitors. Yes, I felt sorry for their captivity in order for us, who can’t afford travels to Africa to see these giants in person but sorry and shame do them little good.
      Woods educated me about so many things in this book and as a woman, I’m grateful to the knowledge I’ve gained about female elephants and I am in awe of them evermore. Their devotion to their children and the herd is unique and beyond worthy applause. I do hope that as a human species we can find and continue solutions for these incredible creatures to roam our planet for eternity.