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  • In deference to my sex or my status as semicaptive, I was provided with a pallet on the floor inside, near the hearth.

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  • Because we suspected that a wild elephant would be more sensitive, we planned to return to a reserve in northern Zimbabwe to work with trained elephants in a semicaptive environment.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • Because we suspected that a wild elephant would be more sensitive, we planned to return to a reserve in northern Zimbabwe to work with trained elephants in a semicaptive environment.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • I had arranged to do some seismic playback studies on a group of eight trained and semicaptive elephants at this site.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • I had arranged to do some seismic playback studies on a group of eight trained and semicaptive elephants at this site.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • This couple, along with their neighbor (and our fearless driver) Alexander "Hukweni" Xivuri, also accompanied us and provided crucial assistance on each of our trips out to the Renamo base at Ngungwe, by 1995 an isolated settlement of ex-combatants and semicaptive women and children 20 straddling the boundary between Magude and Moamba districts and huddled up against the South African border, its economic lifeline.

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  • Because we suspected that a wild elephant would be more sensitive, we planned to return to a reserve in northern Zimbabwe to work with trained elephants in a semicaptive environment.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • I had arranged to do some seismic playback studies on a group of eight trained and semicaptive elephants at this site.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • I had arranged to do some seismic playback studies on a group of eight trained and semicaptive elephants at this site.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • Because we suspected that a wild elephant would be more sensitive, we planned to return to a reserve in northern Zimbabwe to work with trained elephants in a semicaptive environment.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

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