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Art --- iconography --- dolphins [animals] --- animal art
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Much has been written about dolphins and whales, and excellent books exist especially on the charismatic bottlenose dolphins; and killer, humpback, and sperm whales. But detailed studies have been carried out on a handful of other species, and this book summarizes our state of knowledge of a little dolphin - the southern hemisphere "dusky,? and compares its behavioral strategies in different environs. The editors, Bernd and Mel Würsig, began studying duskies in Patagonia Argentina in 1972. Although they have been to many parts of the Earth since then -- including work on Amazon and Yangtze riv
Dusky dolphin. --- Dolphins. --- Delphininae --- Delphinidae --- Delphinus obscurus --- Lagenorhynchus breviceps --- Lagenorhynchus fitzroyi --- Lagenorhynchus obscurus --- Lagenorhynchus panope --- Lagenorhynchus similis --- Lagenorhynchus supercilliosus --- Lagenorhynchus tursio --- Lagenorhynchus
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Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, Watching Giants opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from her rich, often humorous, everyday experiences as a mother, a woman, and a scientist, takes us to the incredibly productive waters of the Gulf of California and beyond, to oceans around the world. Kelsey brings us along as she talks to leading cetacean researchers and marine ecologists about their intriguing discoveries. We encounter humpback whales that build nets from bubbles, gain a disturbing maternal perspective on the dolphin-tuna issue, uncover intimate details about whale sex, and contemplate the meaning of the complex social networks that exist in the seas. What emerges alongside these fascinating snapshots of whale culture is a dizzying sense of the tremendous speed with which we are changing the oceans' ecosystems-through overfishing, noise pollution, even real estate development. Watching Giants introduces a world of immense interconnectivity and beauty-one that is now facing imminent peril.
Whales. --- Whales --- aquatic mammals. --- blue whales. --- cetacean researchers. --- conservationist. --- creatures. --- dolphin tuna issue. --- dolphins. --- ecosystem. --- environmentalism. --- gulf of california. --- humpback whales. --- marine ecology. --- marine mammals. --- marine pollution. --- motherhood. --- nets from bubbles. --- noise pollution. --- ocean. --- oceanic creatures. --- open ocean. --- overfishing. --- personal experiences. --- phenomenon. --- save the whales. --- social networks. --- sperm whales. --- swimming. --- whale sex. --- whales.
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