Mammoth Hunt: In Search of the Giant Elephants of Nepal

by David Shepherd (Introduction), David Shepherd (Introduction), Rula Lenska (Author), John Blashford-Snell (Author)

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  1997

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  Rumours began to filter out of Nepal ten years ago that there was a giant mammoth raiding the hunting grounds of Nepalese tribesmen. John Blashford-Snell, accompanied by Rula Lenska and a team of explorers, made a series of expeditions over many years, tracking giant footprints, fodder trails and dung piles until they came upon a pair of giant elephants. When the evidence was studied it showed that these animals did indeed have links with prehistoric elephants.

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.28

  This work traces the years of research and adventure that became a quest to rediscover an animal long thought extinct. In 1987 rumours began to filter out of Nepal that tribesmen had seen a massive elephantine creature in their traditional hunting grounds. From footprints and rare sightings, evidence was built up until a full exploration was mounted, and so began a catalogue of exploration and intrepid jungle adventure which took the small team to the heart of a legend.