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Synopsis
Though their impressive size protects them from most natural dangers, intensive hunting has decimated the whale population. This wonderfully illustrated guide covers classification of all the whale families, from blue whales to dolphins and other cetaceans. A uniquely informed text by a world expert realistically examines commercial exploitation of whales and dolphins, and relates dramatic stories of long-ago whale hunts. Photographs and illustrations show these playful creatures leaping, blowing, and swimming. 192 pages, 36 color illus., 85 b/w illus., 6 x 9.
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Nigel Bonner has studied and worked with marine mammals for more than 30 years in and around Antarctica on first-hand research. For some 14 years he was head of the Life Sciences Division of the British Antarctic Survey. He continues to travel, researching and lecturing in marine biology.
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An overview of the world's whale species includes information on rorquals, right whales, bowheads, gray whales, sperm whales, killer whales, and belugas, and describes evolution, social structures, feeding, and environmental influences.
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- PublisherFacts On File Inc
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0816017344
- ISBN 13 9780816017348
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages191
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