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| Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and Puzzles | 
| Creators: Karen Pryor, Kenneth S. Norris
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 592438
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 405
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0520216563
Dewey Decimal Number: 570
EAN: 9780520216563
ASIN: 0520216563
Publication Date: December 10, 1998
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Condition: Good; PAPERBACK with moderate wear to softcover with small corner bends, light scuffing. We found highlights on four pages. Otherwise clean with tight binding.
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Product Description
Wild dolphins are an elusive subject for behavioral studies: How can you "do a Jane Goodall" on animals usually visible only as a glimpse of rolling dorsal fins heading for the horizon? In this unusual book, two of the best-known scientists in the marine-mammal field have assembled an astonishing variety of discoveries about dolphins. The contributions range from a graduate student's first paper to senior scientists summarizing a lifetime of research. The dolphins they have studied range from tiny spinners to majestic pilot whales, from killer whales to the familiar bottle-nosed dolphin. The research tactics vary just as widely: the researchers have followed dolphins in boats, tracked them from shore, dived among hundreds of them (plus a few sharks) in tuna fishing nets. They have used computers and airplanes, genetic analysis and artificial language, and learned to read the life history of a dolphin from the cross-section of a single tooth.
Pryor and Norris are successful writers as well as scientists; the book is peppered with entertaining essays, by one or both editors, on the intriguing history of dolphin research. Dolphin Societies not only surveys the most interesting recent research on dolphin behavior but also gives lay readers a fascinating look at the scientific mind at work.
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The Best Book on Dolphins April 19, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
In all my reading on cetaceans, this is by far the most comprehensive, science-oriented book I've ever found. Ms. Pryor and the late Dr. Norris are both among the most highly qualified people on the planet to write (and edit a book) about dolphins, and both contribute their own chapters to this wonderful compendium of research from experts in a number of fields. Subjects covered are diverse, and encompass many topics I had not seen in other books, such as analysis of teeth as an indicator of age and wellness, the behavior of dolphins inside tuna nets, an in-depth analysis of feeding and hunting strategies, and many other intriguing facets of cetacean behavior.
This book is a "must-read" for anyone who wants to separate fact from myth and become better grounded in scientific cetacean studies.
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