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Twenty years in the making by a distinguished dolphin expert and his associates, The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin is the first comprehensive scientific natural history of a dolphin species ever written. From their research camp at Kealakeakua Bay in Hawaii, these scientists followed a population of wild spinner dolphins by radiotracking their movements and, with the use of a windowed underwater vessel, observing the details of their underwater social life.The authors begin with a description of the spinner dolphin species, its morphology and systematics, and then examine the ocean environment, the organization of dolphin populations, and the way this school-based society of mammals uses shorelines for rest and instruction of the young. The dolphins' reproductive cycle, their vision, vocalization, hearing, breathing, and feeding, and the integration of the school are carefully analyzed. The authors conclude with a comprehensive evolutionary analysis of this marine cultural system, with its behavioral flexibility and high levels of cooperation.This absorbing book is the richest source available of new scientific insights about the lives of wild dophins and how their societies evolved at sea.

Stenella longirostris --- Long-beaked dolphin --- Pantropical spinner dolphin --- Spinner dolphin --- Spinner porpoise --- Stenella (Mammals) --- Behavior --- Research --- animal behavior. --- cetaceans. --- conservation. --- dolphin calls. --- dolphin populations. --- dolphin schools. --- dolphins. --- environment. --- habitat. --- hawaii. --- hawaiian spinner. --- kealakeakua bay. --- life sciences. --- mammal. --- marine animals. --- marine biology. --- marine mammals. --- nature. --- ocean animals. --- ocean mammals. --- ocean. --- reproductive cycle. --- sea. --- social life. --- spinner dolphin. --- wild dolphins. --- wildlife. --- zoology.

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Wild dolphins are an elusive subject for behavioral studies: How can you "do a Jane Goodall" on animals usually visible only as a glimpse of rolling dorsal fins heading for the horizon? In this unusual book, two of the best-known scientists in the marine-mammal field have assembled an astonishing variety of discoveries about dolphins. The contributions range from a graduate student's first paper to senior scientists summarizing a lifetime of research. The dolphins they have studied range from tiny spinners to majestic pilot whales, from killer whales to the familiar bottle-nosed dolphin. The research tactics vary just as widely: the researchers have followed dolphins in boats, tracked them from shore, dived among hundreds of them (plus a few sharks) in tuna fishing nets. They have used computers and airplanes, genetic analysis and artificial language, and learned to read the life history of a dolphin from the cross-section of a single tooth.Pryor and Norris are successful writers as well as scientists; the book is peppered with entertaining essays, by one or both editors, on the intriguing history of dolphin research. Dolphin Societies not only surveys the most interesting recent research on dolphin behavior but also gives lay readers a fascinating look at the scientific mind at work.

Dolphins --- Social behavior in animals. --- Animal behavior --- Animal societies --- Behavior.

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Dolphins --- Porpoises --- Whales --- Pictorial works

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Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general)