Whales : an illustrated celebration
Oseid, Kelsey2018
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Whales : an illustrated celebration / Kelsey Oseid.
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Imprint:
California : Ten Speed Press, 2018
Collation:
153 pages : illustrations ; 19 x 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes index
Contents:
Vocabulary -- Anatomy -- Surfacing Behaviors -- Distribution -- ch. One Evolution -- Wadi Al-Hitan -- Early Whale Relatives -- Ocean Giants -- Other Marine Mammals -- New Discoveries and Remaining Mysteries -- Modern Cetacean Relatives -- ch. Two The Species -- Mysticetes -- Odontocetes -- Balaenidae The Rights and Bowhead -- Cetotheriidae The Pygmy Right Whale -- Balaenopteridae The Rorquals -- Eschrichtiidae The Gray Whale -- Delphinidae The Oceanic Dolphins -- Monodontidae The Arctic Whales -- Phocoenidae The Porpoises -- Physeteridae The Sperm Whale -- Kogiidae The Lesser Sperm Whales -- Platanistidae The South Asian River Dolphin -- Pontoporiidae The La Plata Dolphin -- Iniidae The South American River Dolphin -- Ziphidae The Beaked Whales -- ch. Three Food -- Filter Feeders -- Bubble Netting -- How Toothed Whales Eat -- Herding -- Specialized Hunting -- Sperm Whales versus Giant Squids -- Whale Falls -- Little Colonies --Contents note continued: ch. Four Habitats -- Arctic -- Coral Reefs -- Coastlines -- Open Ocean -- Rivers -- Migration -- ch. Five Family, Life, and Society -- Mating -- Gestation, Birth, and Infancy -- Youth and Beyond -- Song and Sounds -- Interspecies Interaction -- Fun and Play -- Sleep -- ch. Six Humans -- Cetaceans in Mythology -- Cetaceans in Art and Design -- Ambergris -- Unicorns of the Sea -- New Observations -- Whaling -- From Whaling to Whale Watching -- The Most Vulnerable Species -- Other Vulnerable Species -- Cetaceans in Captivity -- CONCLUSION -- How to Help Whales -- Sources.
ISBN:
9780399581830
Dewey class:
599.5599
Language:
English
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BRN:
347387
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction Animals | J 599 OSE | Onloan - Due: 01 Oct 2024 |