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Watching Giants :: the Secret Lives of Whales.

Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, Watching Giants opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from her rich, often humorous, everyday experie...

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1. Verfasser:	Kelsey, Elin
Weitere Verfasser:	White, Doc, Gohier, Francois
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	CA : University of California Press, 2008.
Schlagworte:	Whales > Mexico > California, Gulf of. Baleines > Mexique > Californie, Golfe de. NATURE > Animals > Mammals. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals. NATURE > Animals > General. Whales Pacific Ocean > Gulf of California
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, Watching Giants opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from her rich, often humorous, everyday experiences as a mother, a woman, and a scientist, takes us to the incredibly productive waters of the Gulf of California and beyond, to oceans around the world. Kelsey brings us along as she talks to leading cetacean researchers and marine ecologists about their intriguing discoveries. We encounter humpback wh.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (217 pages)
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.
ISBN:	9780520942219 0520942213

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spelling	Kelsey, Elin. Watching Giants : the Secret Lives of Whales. CA : University of California Press, 2008. 1 online resource (217 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Extreme Motherhood; 2. A Sea of Milk; 3. Looking for Whales in All the Wrong Places; 4. Resident Aliens?; 5. How to Make a Really Rich Sea; 6. Popular Mechanics; 7. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Smartest of Them All?; 8. Building Nets from Bubbles andOther Mysterious Humpback Whale Talents57; 9. Do Baby Sperm WhalesSuck Milk through Their Noses?; 10. Deep Culture; 11. What's the Use of Granny?; 12. Dolphin Snatchers; 13. Friendly Mothers, Friendly Calves?; 14. The War on Fish; 15. Why Blue Whales Gotta Be Big. 16. What You Can See by Listening17. What You Can Learn from the Dead; 18. Let's Talk about Sex, Baby; 19. Missing Meat; 20. Shifting Scale; Notes; Index. Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, Watching Giants opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from her rich, often humorous, everyday experiences as a mother, a woman, and a scientist, takes us to the incredibly productive waters of the Gulf of California and beyond, to oceans around the world. Kelsey brings us along as she talks to leading cetacean researchers and marine ecologists about their intriguing discoveries. We encounter humpback wh. Print version record. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index. Whales Mexico California, Gulf of. Baleines Mexique Californie, Golfe de. NATURE Animals Mammals. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Zoology Mammals. bisacsh NATURE Animals General. bisacsh Whales fast Pacific Ocean Gulf of California fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJm4PjgbxTDdt68JmfW4bd White, Doc. Gohier, Francois. Print version: Kelsey, Elin. Watching Giants : The Secret Lives of Whales. CA : University of California Press, ©2008 9780520249769 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=306124 Volltext
spellingShingle	Kelsey, Elin Watching Giants : the Secret Lives of Whales. Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Extreme Motherhood; 2. A Sea of Milk; 3. Looking for Whales in All the Wrong Places; 4. Resident Aliens?; 5. How to Make a Really Rich Sea; 6. Popular Mechanics; 7. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Smartest of Them All?; 8. Building Nets from Bubbles andOther Mysterious Humpback Whale Talents57; 9. Do Baby Sperm WhalesSuck Milk through Their Noses?; 10. Deep Culture; 11. What's the Use of Granny?; 12. Dolphin Snatchers; 13. Friendly Mothers, Friendly Calves?; 14. The War on Fish; 15. Why Blue Whales Gotta Be Big. 16. What You Can See by Listening17. What You Can Learn from the Dead; 18. Let's Talk about Sex, Baby; 19. Missing Meat; 20. Shifting Scale; Notes; Index. Whales Mexico California, Gulf of. Baleines Mexique Californie, Golfe de. NATURE Animals Mammals. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Zoology Mammals. bisacsh NATURE Animals General. bisacsh Whales fast
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