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The Secret Life of Whales : a Marine Biologist Reveals All.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of New South Wales Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; Maps; Humpback Whales; First breath; Conscious breathers; Itâ#x80;#x99;s a mating game; A shaky whale nursery; Keeping cool; Pec fin ride; Childâ#x80;#x99;s play; One crazy whale; A whale in pebbles and mud; On the belly of a whale; Whale snot; Our Kimberley dream; Boat shoes; Protecting the Kimberley; An ancient lineage; The orphan; Humpback altruism; Close pass; Mourning their dead; Sunset thrash; Whale fall fauna; Singers; Looking like you: Mimicry; Satellite tags; Bladerunner: A Story of Survival; Migaloo: Australiaâ#x80;#x99;s White Whale.
- Blue WhalesWithin the blue; Whale poo; Donâ#x80;#x99;t we know you?; Blues from a blue sky â#x80;#x94; logistics rule; Saving technology; A week in the life of a pygmy blue whale; Eye to eye; Ancient tracks; Tag away; Blue whale facts; Whaling then and now; Facts from Blue; Dolphins; Dolphins on the bow!; The dolphins of Roebuck Bay; Diamond dolphins; Killed by an octopus; Common ground; If youâ#x80;#x99;ve got an itch â#x80;Œ; Killer whale surprise; Recreational high; Minke Whales; Minke whale magic; Seeing what youâ#x80;#x99;re hearing; Minke mischief; Saving whales; Tagging minkes; Listening Is The New Looking.
- Bringing sights and sounds togetherDolphins and dynamite; The future is in listening; Itâ#x80;#x99;s up to us; Cool Water: Antarctica; Twenty years in the making; Building blocks of the Antarctic ecosystem; Krill soup and tag success; Antarctic facts; Tracking Tiny; Hungry whales and fussy eaters; Sperm whales; Where have all the blue whales gone?; A stormy homeward passage; Weird whale facts; Postscript; Too much fun in the sun; Poem: Of sea; Endnotes; Further Reading; Acknowledgments.