Whales and Dolphins"With full-color photographs by world-renowned photographers Bill Curtsinger and Flip Nicklin and a fascinating text by diver Gaetano Cafiero and naturalist Maddalena Jahoda, Whales and dolphins tells the story of these magnificent animals and traces the history of their uneasy coexistence with mankind"--Jacket |
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50 feet animals Antarctic Arctic AVERAGE SIZE Newborns Balaenoptera baleen whales Basques beach behavior belugas biosonar birth blowhole blubber blue whale boats body bottle-nosed dolphins breath bubbles capture cetaceans coast color crustaceans Delphinidae dive dorsal fin echolocation environment Eubalaena feed feet Adults feet in length feet Weight filter fin whale fish gather giant gray whale head humans hump humpback whale hunted individuals island of Vancouver killer whales largest live males mammals marine migration MILLION YEARS AGO mouth narwhals northern Ocean open sea Pacific parasites pectoral flippers phins photograph pilot whales plankton populations predators prey reason rorqual whales shark skin slaughter sounds southern hemisphere southern right whale species sperm whale spots squid striped dolphins summer surface swim tail tion Today tons toothed whales tuna tusk underwater Valdés Peninsula whalebone WHALES AND DOLPHINS whales tend winter young whale