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Binding: Flexibound
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.5
EAN: 9780789489906
ISBN: 0789489902
Label: DK ADULT
Manufacturer: DK ADULT
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: May 15, 2002
Publisher: DK ADULT
Studio: DK ADULT
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This Gem explores and explains the world of whales and dolphins. Over 50 species of whale, dolphin and porpoise are illustrated with the author's own photographs. Aspects covered include: evolution; identification; biology; zoological categorization; feeding habits; and predators. The book answers commonly-asked questions, such as "how intelligent are dolphins?" and "should whales be kept in captivity?", and discusses the sensitive subject of whale conservation.
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My wife and I are planning to go to Alaska and hope to do some whale watching. This book is a great guide to identification of the various whales we hope to see. It is not too wordy in descriptions but gives enough information for the identification of the various types of whales and other sea mammals.
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Fisrt of all, I believe this is the exact same book as "Whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It is great book. I'm a marine life artist, so I needed a book like this one to study the scientific anatomy of each animal in details in order to get them down the right way realistically on canvas. It's the best way I can think of to make the animals as real and as beautiful or magnificent as they truly are in reality. It's hard to find a book that has even photos of each and every whale, dolphin, or porpoise there is in the world. This one little field guide has them all. It's great. So many! I also can learn about them if I decide to go whale watching some day! This book tells just about everything about each animal. Anything you would want to know. If I do go whale watching I'll take the book with me! Yes, believe it or not, even an artist needs this type of book!
Rehana(Chicago, IL.)
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i bought this book for my grandson who wants to be a marine biologist.ithink this will be a good start to his study.
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overall the book is a great guide to identifying whales and dolphins. one thing about the book that i am not so happy about is the small text size.
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From the great illustrations and quick-reference title bar that includes taxonomic, habitat and population information, to the range maps and behavioral information, this book was such a steal. I received this book shortly before starting cetacean surveys in the south pacific and it was an incredible source of information. I have used many field guides and, although I never tested its 'water-proofness", it is simultaneously concise yet complete. It not only gives identification keys for individual species, but also keys to identifying individual animals. If you are a teacher, student, biologist or enthusiast, get it, wherever you are in the world.
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