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5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond the touristy safari
Taking pictures of the Big 5 is great fun on a safari. However, too many safari-goers simply take pictures without understanding the animals they're observing. A lot of guidebooks give you information on how to identify a species, but don't really tell you much about the animals themselves (and unfortunately most guides and drivers aren't much help either). Richard Estes' The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates is a great remedy to this. Estes treats the major African mammals with the detail of a graduate biology textbook, explaining their evolutionary history, diet, and behavior. Each chapter follows a set, easy-to-follow pattern with key information. They also include a pictorial guide to each animal's behaviors (with images of how, for example, hyenas behave when they're submissive).While other guidebooks might cover the information on elephants and giraffes, Estes' passion is antelopes and it shows in this book. Many other guidebooks and safari guides consider antelopes the "junk" game animals, but Estes shows that they are a fascinating and successful group of animals. I learned to appreciate Thompsons Gazelles and Oryx a whole lot more after reading this book. In fact, the section on antelopes alone is worth the price of the book.Estes' book is heavy - as befitting a book so packed with information - so you should probably take a smaller, more traditional wildlife checklist on your safari (I recommend Wildlife of East Africa (Princeton Illustrated Checklists), which I used in Uganda and Kenya). However, Estes' book is necessary if you want to go beyond simply a photography expedition and actually learn about African mammals.
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it's weight!
Just returned from two weeks of safari in Tanzania. We took only three books with us. Two field guides and a novel. Based on others reviews I chose the full colour photo guide by Withers and this one; the Estes. This guide is worth it's weight. It's not small. There is no way it's content could be edited down. It's all important. When you see an Eland bull lower it's horns the Estes explains why. When you see a group of elephants and they are all male the Estes tells you why. My ten year old was so glad to learn so much about her favorite monkeys.(the Black Faced Vervet!)The explanations and observations really enriched our animal viewing encounters. Small black and white line drawings. No photographs. Easy to read and understand the symbols and charts. Very much like a text book but, much more interesting. Wishes for future edition would be the inclusion of the social behavior of the Ostrich as they are such a large and obvious member of the Savannah.
4.0 out of 5 stars Loads of Information
Five star for a professional, about a 3 for a casual reader!. Black and white beautiful "hand drawn" or sketched pictures of animals. It is very very well done, but basically more information than I needed to know. I really wasn't interested in an very detailed descriptiond about elephants mating, but interested about their warning signals, etc. etc. It is really more for someone leading a Safari or a professional guide. Too heavy to take on Safari, but interesting before and after!.
5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual approach makes animal observing especially rewarding.
More then a simple field guide, this book focuses on East African mammalian behavior and social organizations. Much contemporary research on mammalian behavior informs the chapters. Line drawings take the place of the color photographs (that you would find in many other guides), which give it a nice retro feel. Nevertheless, it has a modern organizational schema with lots of boldfaced subheading and bullet points which make it easy to find information quickly. There are icon-based labels that allows the reader to identify the characteristics of each species social organization. Descriptions of social organization, play, courtship behaviors, territoriality, parenting patterns allow observers to interpret their observations in the field while on safari. It's like having a naturalist along with you, pointing out the subtleties of animal behaviors and communication.In some parts of the book, there is specific information about wildlife populations. For example, in the section on Spotted Hyenas, the author reports data from one female that was tracked with a radio collar in the Ngorongoro Crater, noting how starkly different the level of activity necessary to find food was compared to hyenas in Kalhari Gemsbock National Park, where food is harder to come by. This level of scientific detail nicely complements the comprehensive descriptions of each species life and environment.I ended buying this after borrowing it from my local library. I also purchased a Princeton Pocket Guide to Wildlife of East Africa by Withers and Hosking full of colored photos - mostly because of its vast listing of birds that are not in the Safari Companion. The Princeton Guide also has photos of many reptiles. It is clear that I will learn the most from the Safari Companion, however.
Muy buena opción
Genial compra como manual de consulta donde podras tener la posición corporal de algunso de los comprotamientos de los animales mamiferos africanos. Esta como complementod e otras guias de identificacion de fauna y no necesitaras nada mas.
Indispensable avant de partir en safari photo.
Indispensable avant de partir en safari photo et à emporter. Je n'ai découvert ce livre qu'après mon séjour au parc Kruger en Afrique du Sud. Si d'aventure j'y retourne, je ne oublierai pas. Certes, il est un peu plus ardu que les nombreux ouvrages sur le sujet, mais à mon avis, il remplace tous les autres.
Excellent book
Excellent book full of facts and pictures which help determine which animals you are looking at.
Super Infos
Eines der besten Bücher für Interessierte
Valuable detailed text by an expert.
I purchased this following my earlier purchase of Estes’s The Behaviour Guide to African Mammals to further my understanding of the animals I might expect to see on my safari trip to Botswana. I would recommend both books as being a serious study of the subject. The text is comprehensive and the line drawings for information rather than pictures for species identification. Not really a guide for immediate identification though the text would help you decide between similar animals. I felt the author really knew his subject and found the book a valuable detailed text on the subject. Not a flick though book. You would need to invest some time to get the most out of it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond the touristy safari
Taking pictures of the Big 5 is great fun on a safari. However, too many safari-goers simply take pictures without understanding the animals they're observing. A lot of guidebooks give you information on how to identify a species, but don't really tell you much about the animals themselves (and unfortunately most guides and drivers aren't much help either). Richard Estes' The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates is a great remedy to this. Estes treats the major African mammals with the detail of a graduate biology textbook, explaining their evolutionary history, diet, and behavior. Each chapter follows a set, easy-to-follow pattern with key information. They also include a pictorial guide to each animal's behaviors (with images of how, for example, hyenas behave when they're submissive).While other guidebooks might cover the information on elephants and giraffes, Estes' passion is antelopes and it shows in this book. Many other guidebooks and safari guides consider antelopes the "junk" game animals, but Estes shows that they are a fascinating and successful group of animals. I learned to appreciate Thompsons Gazelles and Oryx a whole lot more after reading this book. In fact, the section on antelopes alone is worth the price of the book.Estes' book is heavy - as befitting a book so packed with information - so you should probably take a smaller, more traditional wildlife checklist on your safari (I recommend Wildlife of East Africa (Princeton Illustrated Checklists), which I used in Uganda and Kenya). However, Estes' book is necessary if you want to go beyond simply a photography expedition and actually learn about African mammals.
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it's weight!
Just returned from two weeks of safari in Tanzania. We took only three books with us. Two field guides and a novel. Based on others reviews I chose the full colour photo guide by Withers and this one; the Estes. This guide is worth it's weight. It's not small. There is no way it's content could be edited down. It's all important. When you see an Eland bull lower it's horns the Estes explains why. When you see a group of elephants and they are all male the Estes tells you why. My ten year old was so glad to learn so much about her favorite monkeys.(the Black Faced Vervet!)The explanations and observations really enriched our animal viewing encounters. Small black and white line drawings. No photographs. Easy to read and understand the symbols and charts. Very much like a text book but, much more interesting. Wishes for future edition would be the inclusion of the social behavior of the Ostrich as they are such a large and obvious member of the Savannah.
4.0 out of 5 stars Loads of Information
Five star for a professional, about a 3 for a casual reader!. Black and white beautiful "hand drawn" or sketched pictures of animals. It is very very well done, but basically more information than I needed to know. I really wasn't interested in an very detailed descriptiond about elephants mating, but interested about their warning signals, etc. etc. It is really more for someone leading a Safari or a professional guide. Too heavy to take on Safari, but interesting before and after!.
5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual approach makes animal observing especially rewarding.
More then a simple field guide, this book focuses on East African mammalian behavior and social organizations. Much contemporary research on mammalian behavior informs the chapters. Line drawings take the place of the color photographs (that you would find in many other guides), which give it a nice retro feel. Nevertheless, it has a modern organizational schema with lots of boldfaced subheading and bullet points which make it easy to find information quickly. There are icon-based labels that allows the reader to identify the characteristics of each species social organization. Descriptions of social organization, play, courtship behaviors, territoriality, parenting patterns allow observers to interpret their observations in the field while on safari. It's like having a naturalist along with you, pointing out the subtleties of animal behaviors and communication.In some parts of the book, there is specific information about wildlife populations. For example, in the section on Spotted Hyenas, the author reports data from one female that was tracked with a radio collar in the Ngorongoro Crater, noting how starkly different the level of activity necessary to find food was compared to hyenas in Kalhari Gemsbock National Park, where food is harder to come by. This level of scientific detail nicely complements the comprehensive descriptions of each species life and environment.I ended buying this after borrowing it from my local library. I also purchased a Princeton Pocket Guide to Wildlife of East Africa by Withers and Hosking full of colored photos - mostly because of its vast listing of birds that are not in the Safari Companion. The Princeton Guide also has photos of many reptiles. It is clear that I will learn the most from the Safari Companion, however.
Muy buena opción
Genial compra como manual de consulta donde podras tener la posición corporal de algunso de los comprotamientos de los animales mamiferos africanos. Esta como complementod e otras guias de identificacion de fauna y no necesitaras nada mas.
Indispensable avant de partir en safari photo.
Indispensable avant de partir en safari photo et à emporter. Je n'ai découvert ce livre qu'après mon séjour au parc Kruger en Afrique du Sud. Si d'aventure j'y retourne, je ne oublierai pas. Certes, il est un peu plus ardu que les nombreux ouvrages sur le sujet, mais à mon avis, il remplace tous les autres.
Excellent book
Excellent book full of facts and pictures which help determine which animals you are looking at.
Super Infos
Eines der besten Bücher für Interessierte
Valuable detailed text by an expert.
I purchased this following my earlier purchase of Estes’s The Behaviour Guide to African Mammals to further my understanding of the animals I might expect to see on my safari trip to Botswana. I would recommend both books as being a serious study of the subject. The text is comprehensive and the line drawings for information rather than pictures for species identification. Not really a guide for immediate identification though the text would help you decide between similar animals. I felt the author really knew his subject and found the book a valuable detailed text on the subject. Not a flick though book. You would need to invest some time to get the most out of it.
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