The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226325927ISBN-10:022632592XUPC:9780226325927Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Cognitive ScienceBook Topic:Zoology, Marine BiologySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC8Q1GH47N
In the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea sponges by the dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, to protect their beaks while foraging for fish, we find clear examples of the transmission of information among cetaceans. Just as human cultures pass on languages and turns of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226325927ISBN-10:022632592XUPC:9780226325927Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Cognitive ScienceBook Topic:Zoology, Marine BiologySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC8Q1GH47N
Hal Whitehead is a University Research Professor in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the author of Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean and Analyzing Animal Societies, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Supported by the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology, Luke Rendell is a lecturer in biology at the Sea Mammal Research...
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