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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Vocabulary
Anatomy
Surfacing Behaviors
Distribution
Chapter One: Evolution
Wadi Al-Hitan
Early Whale Relatives
Ocean Giants
Other Marine Mammals
New Discoveries and Remaining Mysteries
Modern Cetacean Relatives
Chapter Two: The Species
Mysticetes
Odontocetes
Balaenidae: The Rights and Bowhead
Cetotheriidae: The Pygmy Right Whale
Balaenopteridae: The Rorquals
Eschrichtiidae: The Gray Whale
Delphinidae: The Oceanic Dolphins
Monodontidae: The Arctic Whales
Phocoenidae: The Porpoises
Physeteridae: The Sperm Whale
Kogiidae: The Lesser Sperm Whales
Platanistidae: The South Asian River Dolphin
Pontoporiidae: The La Plata Dolphin
Iniidae: The South American River Dolphin
Ziphidae: The Beaked Whales
Chapter Three: Food
Filter Feeders
Bubble Netting
How Toothed Whales Eat
Herding
Specialized Hunting
Sperm Whales versus Giant Squids
Whale Falls
Little Colonies
Chapter Four: Habitats
Arctic
Coral Reefs
Coastlines
Open Ocean
Rivers
Migration
Chapter Five: Family, Life, And Society
Mating
Gestation, Birth, and Infancy
Youth and Beyond
Song and Sounds
Interspecies Interaction
Fun and Play
Sleep
Chapter Six: Humans
Cetaceans in Mythology
Cetaceans in Art and Design
Ambergris
Unicorns of the Sea
New Observations
Whaling
From Whaling to Whale Watching
The Most Vulnerable Species
Other Vulnerable Species
Cetaceans in Captivity
Conclusion
Sources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
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