Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780865059351
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces the physiology, habitats, feeding, and behavior of different types of whales and discusses whale watching.
What is a Whale?
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780865059351
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces the physiology, habitats, feeding, and behavior of different types of whales and discusses whale watching.
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780865059351
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces the physiology, habitats, feeding, and behavior of different types of whales and discusses whale watching.
Eyewonder: Whales and Dolphins
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756648017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Take a trip under the sea with Eye Wonder: Whales and Dolphins. Discover everything a young reader would want to know about the majesticanimals of the deep-where they live, what they eat, how they breed, the ways inwhich they are threatened by environmental factors and humans. Open your eyes to a world of discovery
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756648017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Take a trip under the sea with Eye Wonder: Whales and Dolphins. Discover everything a young reader would want to know about the majesticanimals of the deep-where they live, what they eat, how they breed, the ways inwhich they are threatened by environmental factors and humans. Open your eyes to a world of discovery
What is a Whale?.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine mammals
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A site all about whales. Includes how to identify species, what the different behaviors mean, and the answers to some commonly asked questions about these large and beautiful animals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine mammals
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A site all about whales. Includes how to identify species, what the different behaviors mean, and the answers to some commonly asked questions about these large and beautiful animals.
Whale
Author: Joe Roman
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861895054
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
One hundred years ago, a beached whale would have been greeted by a mob wielding flensing knives; today, people bring harnesses and boats to help it return to the sea. The whale is one of the most awe-inspiring and intelligent animals in nature, sharing a complex relationship with humans that has radically evolved over the centuries. Joe Roman offers in Whale a fascinating and in-depth look at the cultural and natural history of these majestic aquatic mammals. From the Biblical prophet Jonah to Moby-Dick to recent discoveries of cetacean songs and culture, Roman examines the whale's role in history, art, literature, commerce, and science. Whale features vibrant illustrations, ranging from Stone Age carvings to full-color underwater photographs, which vividly bring to life the rich symbolic meanings surrounding the whale. Roman also examines the ecological and evolutionary history of the whale as well as contemporary issues of conservation. Whale is an engaging volume that will appeal to all those interested in the important role that these kings of the ocean have played in human culture.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861895054
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
One hundred years ago, a beached whale would have been greeted by a mob wielding flensing knives; today, people bring harnesses and boats to help it return to the sea. The whale is one of the most awe-inspiring and intelligent animals in nature, sharing a complex relationship with humans that has radically evolved over the centuries. Joe Roman offers in Whale a fascinating and in-depth look at the cultural and natural history of these majestic aquatic mammals. From the Biblical prophet Jonah to Moby-Dick to recent discoveries of cetacean songs and culture, Roman examines the whale's role in history, art, literature, commerce, and science. Whale features vibrant illustrations, ranging from Stone Age carvings to full-color underwater photographs, which vividly bring to life the rich symbolic meanings surrounding the whale. Roman also examines the ecological and evolutionary history of the whale as well as contemporary issues of conservation. Whale is an engaging volume that will appeal to all those interested in the important role that these kings of the ocean have played in human culture.
How to Speak Whale
Author: Tom Mustill
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538739135
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill—the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty‑ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak—asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication. A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 “When a whale is in the water, it is like an iceberg: you only see a fraction of it and have no conception of its size.” On September 12, 2015, Tom Mustill was paddling in a two-person kayak with a friend just off the coast of California. It was cold, but idyllic—until a humpback whale breached, landing on top of them, releasing the energy equivalent of forty hand grenades. He was certain he was about to die, but they both survived, miraculously unscathed. In the interviews that followed the incident, Mustill was left with one question: What could this astonishing encounter teach us? Drawing from his experience as a naturalist and wildlife filmmaker, Mustill started investigating human–whale interactions around the world when he met two tech entrepreneurs who wanted to use artificial intelligence (AI)—originally designed to translate human languages—to discover patterns in the conversations of animals and decode them. As he embarked on a journey into animal eavesdropping technologies, where big data meets big beasts, Mustill discovered that there is a revolution taking place in biology, as the technologies developed to explore our own languages are turned to nature. From seventeenth-century Dutch inventors, to the whaling industry of the nineteenth century, to the cutting edge of Silicon Valley, How to Speak Whale examines how scientists and start-ups around the world are decoding animal communications. Whales, with their giant mammalian brains, virtuoso voices, and long, highly social lives, offer one of the most realistic opportunities for this to happen. But what would the consequences of such human animal interaction be? We’re about to find out.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538739135
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill—the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty‑ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak—asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication. A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 “When a whale is in the water, it is like an iceberg: you only see a fraction of it and have no conception of its size.” On September 12, 2015, Tom Mustill was paddling in a two-person kayak with a friend just off the coast of California. It was cold, but idyllic—until a humpback whale breached, landing on top of them, releasing the energy equivalent of forty hand grenades. He was certain he was about to die, but they both survived, miraculously unscathed. In the interviews that followed the incident, Mustill was left with one question: What could this astonishing encounter teach us? Drawing from his experience as a naturalist and wildlife filmmaker, Mustill started investigating human–whale interactions around the world when he met two tech entrepreneurs who wanted to use artificial intelligence (AI)—originally designed to translate human languages—to discover patterns in the conversations of animals and decode them. As he embarked on a journey into animal eavesdropping technologies, where big data meets big beasts, Mustill discovered that there is a revolution taking place in biology, as the technologies developed to explore our own languages are turned to nature. From seventeenth-century Dutch inventors, to the whaling industry of the nineteenth century, to the cutting edge of Silicon Valley, How to Speak Whale examines how scientists and start-ups around the world are decoding animal communications. Whales, with their giant mammalian brains, virtuoso voices, and long, highly social lives, offer one of the most realistic opportunities for this to happen. But what would the consequences of such human animal interaction be? We’re about to find out.
The Life Cycle of a Whale
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: New York ; St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.
ISBN: 9780778706533
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Life Cycle of a Whale looks at the life of a humpback from birth, through its first year of life, and growth to adulthood. Enchanting illustrations show its migration, how young are born, how a calf learns to breathe, and how they are cared for in a pod.
Publisher: New York ; St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.
ISBN: 9780778706533
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Life Cycle of a Whale looks at the life of a humpback from birth, through its first year of life, and growth to adulthood. Enchanting illustrations show its migration, how young are born, how a calf learns to breathe, and how they are cared for in a pod.
The Wild Whale Watch
Author: Eva Moore
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439109901
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The Magic School Sub takes the kids deep into the ocean, where they learn allsorts of fascinating facts about whales.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439109901
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The Magic School Sub takes the kids deep into the ocean, where they learn allsorts of fascinating facts about whales.
The Life Cycle of a Whale
Author: Lisa Trumbauer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781429668033
Category : Whales
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Simple text and photographs present the life cycle of the whale.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781429668033
Category : Whales
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Simple text and photographs present the life cycle of the whale.
A Whale of a Tale!
Author: Bonnie Worth
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 059312653X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Onboard a vessel that would make Jacques Cousteau green with envy, the Cat and Co. take to the high seas in search of whales, dolphins, and porpoises—those aquatic mammals known as cetaceans. While learning how cetaceans stay warm without hair, have teeth or baleen, swim in troops, spyhop, spin, breach, and see via ecolocation, kids are introduced to almost 20 different species—including sperm, right, humpback, and blue whales; Gulf, spectacled, and finless porpoise; and boto, common, hourglass, and bottlenose dolphins. A shipshape selection for summer reading! “The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library shows young readers that books can be entertaining and educational at the same time. This is a wonderful series!” —Barbara Kiefer, Ph.D., Charlotte S. Huck Professor of Children’s Literature, Ohio State University
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 059312653X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Onboard a vessel that would make Jacques Cousteau green with envy, the Cat and Co. take to the high seas in search of whales, dolphins, and porpoises—those aquatic mammals known as cetaceans. While learning how cetaceans stay warm without hair, have teeth or baleen, swim in troops, spyhop, spin, breach, and see via ecolocation, kids are introduced to almost 20 different species—including sperm, right, humpback, and blue whales; Gulf, spectacled, and finless porpoise; and boto, common, hourglass, and bottlenose dolphins. A shipshape selection for summer reading! “The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library shows young readers that books can be entertaining and educational at the same time. This is a wonderful series!” —Barbara Kiefer, Ph.D., Charlotte S. Huck Professor of Children’s Literature, Ohio State University
Reflections of a Whale-watcher
Author: Michelle A. Gilders
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253209573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A biologist describes her voyages and experiences through the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean in search of whales.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253209573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A biologist describes her voyages and experiences through the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean in search of whales.