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1) Whale
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes whales, dolphins, seals, and other marine mammals, their habitats, means of communication, and family life.
2) Whales
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Discover the different types of whales. Learn more about how they hunt, swim, fight, and communicate
3) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"A love letter to the 'largest, loudest, oldest' mammal ever to have existed...exhilarating." -People Magazine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale, to his abiding love of Moby-Dick, to his adult encounters with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare has been obsessed with whales. The Whale is his unforgettable...
5) Whales
Author
Series
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated nonfiction story for young readers describes how whales are mammals that need air and how different types of whales find food. Includes photo glossary."--provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the lives of the world's largest living mammals. Drawing on the latest scientific research, Whales describes these incredible animals' evolution from terrestrial to marine mammals, their life cycle, diversity and distribution, and the ecosystems of which they are a part. Whales highlights the many extraordinary aspects of these intelligent and social creatures, including the complex vocalizations they use to communicate over vast...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A leading scientist dives into the secret lives of whales, from their evolutionary past to today's cutting edge of science. Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. They evolved from land-roaming, dog-sized creatures into animals that move like fish, breathe like us, can grow to 300,000 pounds, live two hundred years, and travel entire ocean basins. Whales fill us with terror, awe, and...
14) The great whales
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1951
Language
English
Description
Describes the whale's structure and adaptation to water life as a mammal, telling how it breathes, dives, feeds and mates, and briefly notes the importance of the whaling industry.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A ... first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection,...
19) Whales
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics and behaviors of these large mammals which live in water
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