The World of Marine Mammals"A marine biologist takes young readers under the sea for an engaging look at its warmblooded inhabitants - from sea otters to blue whales. Black and white illustrations reinforce the text" Cf. Our choice, 2000. |
Contents
Introduction | 5 |
Living a life in water | 14 |
Keeping Warm | 20 |
Copyright | |
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adult animals aquarium areas Baleen whales behavior belugas blood blowhole blue whale boat body Bottlenose Dolphin bowhead whales breathing hole breeding BUTTER BUTTER called calves cardboard centimeters cetaceans clams coast dive dolphins and porpoises eared seals elephant seals entire lives females fins fishing gear flippers food chain Graeme Ellis gray whales habitat harbor seal haul-out humpback whale Jane kelp killer whales kilometers land Larry layer male mals Manatees and dugongs marine biologist marine mam Marine mammals live Meet a marine meters migration mouth narwhals ocean oxygen pinnipeds plants plaster plates of baleen play pollution predators prey pups researchers right whales rock rookeries sea lions sea otters sea urchins shore smell species spend sperm whales Steller's sea lions streamlined surf surface swim tags tail teeth thick true seals tusks underwater walruses whales feed whiskers world of marine young zooplankton