UK Cetaceans and Seals (WildID) - Softcover

Simmonds, Mark Peter

 
9781908819079: UK Cetaceans and Seals (WildID)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1908819073 ISBN 13: 9781908819079
Publisher: Field Studies Council, 2012

Synopsis

  • Identification guide to 25 species of seals, dolphins, porpoises and whales
  • Includes body features visible from the sea shore
  • Designed to be used outside: lightweight, rucksack-sized, splash-proof

Whales, dolphins and porpoises make up the mammal order of cetaceans. At sea cetaceans are usually quite distinctive. Binoculars or a telescope are helpful for identifying key species-specific features, like the hour-glass shape on the flank of common dolphin.

Close to shore, the most common sea mammals are the bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise. Sometimes also seen from land are common dolphins, Risso dolphins, common minke whales and white-beaked dolphins.

Other cetaceans (particularly the larger baleen whales, the sperm whale and the beaked whales) live in deeper waters. These cetaceans are most likely to be observed from a boat.

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Publisher
Field Studies Council
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1908819073
ISBN 13 
9781908819079
Binding
Paperback
Illustrator
Molleson Lucy
Number of pages
8