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Summary: "When writer Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Fathoms : The World in the Whale blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore: How do whales experience ecological change? How has whale culture been both understood and altered by human technology?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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Summary: Introduces whales, discussing their physical features, behavior, and complex communication abilities, along with a history of whaling and a description of the efforts being made by scientists around the world to save them from extinction. --Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 599.5 YOUSummary: The eighty-nine cetacean species that swim our seas and rivers are as diverse as they are intelligent and elusive, from the hundred-foot-long, two-hundred-ton blue whale to the lesser-known tucuxi, ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, and diminutive, critically endangered vaquita. The huge distances these highly migratory creatures cover and the depths they dive mean we catch only the merest glimpses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599 WHASummary: Patrick Dykstra is a man who has dedicated his life to his great passion - diving with and filming whales. Over the years, Patrick has learned how whales communicate, how they perceive other creatures in the water, and how they behave in his immediate presence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024