Making Scents: Learning the 'words' in the wild dog's chemical language

摘要

Tourists describe northern Botswana's Okavango Delta as the last Eden in Africa, a place where nearly every iconic African animal is visible against the dramatic landscape of Kalahari sands abutting one of the world's largest freshwater deltas. Photographers and trophy hunters congregate here to witness one of the greatest wildlife wonders of this planet, where the "Big Five"—elephant, rhino, Cape buffalo, lion, and leopard—are commonly seen. Here, humans are reminded of their small stature in relation to the abundant large carnivores and even larger ungulates.