Whales and Other Marine Mammals of the East Coast

by Tamara Eder

Overview

This beautiful full-color book features, photos, illustrations and range maps, notes on conservation status, quick ID, similar species and more. The rugged East Coast of North America offers some of the best whale watching opportunities in the world. 39 species of marine mammals including whales, dolphins, seals, otters and manatees.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789766500528
Publisher:	Lone Pine Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/2015
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Tamara Eder, equipped from the age of six with a canoe, a dip net and a notepad, grew up on Alberta with a fascination for nature and the diversity of life, She has a degree in environmental conservation sciences, and has photographed and written about wildlife in Bermuda, the Galapagos Islands,the Amazon Basin, Argentina, Tibet and India. With a fondness for paleontology, Tamara has studied and participated in paleo digs in Alberta and Patagonia. She has worked in both Canada and Argentina as an interpretive naturalist and guide, specializing in ecology and paleontology. An award-winning photographer, her photographs appear in numerous books, posters and online magazines. Tamara now lives in Patagonia and she continues to write, photograph and travel.

Table of Contents

Quick Reference Guide 4

Introduction 7

Whale Origins and Evolution 8

Behavior and Adaptations 10

Extreme Whales 24

Intelligence and Whale Research 28

Whale Lore: from Legends to Modern Mythology 31

Whales in Peril 33

Whale Watching 38

About this Book 42

Whale Tales & Record Breakers 44

Baleen Whales 46

Rorquals 48

Right Whales 66

Toothed Whales 70

Ocean Dolphins 72

Porpoises 114

Beaked Whales 118

Dwarf Sperm Whales 130

Sperm Whales 134

Seals, Otters and Manatees 138

Hair Seals 140

Otters 148

Manatees 152

Glossary 156

Further Information 159

Index 165

About the Author 168

About the Illustrator 168

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