Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Format: Book Author: Papastavrou, Vassili. Title: Whale / written by Vassili Papastavrou ; photographed by Frank Greenaway. Edition: Rev. ed. Publisher, Date: New York : DK Pub., 2004. Description: 72 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm. Summary: Describes whales, dolphins, seals, and other marine mammals, their habitats, means of communication, and family life. Series: Eyewitness Dorling Kindersley eyewitness books. Subjects: Whales -- Juvenile literature. Marine mammals -- Juvenile literature. Other Author: Greenaway, Frank. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Marine mammals -- Whale evolution -- Whales big and small -- Inside the whale -- Seals and sea lions -- Suited to life in the sea -- Ocean giants -- Teeth for grasping ... -- ... And baleen for filtering -- Clicks, barks, and songs -- Courtship and birth -- Social life -- Dolphins and porpoises -- The killer whale -- The amazing narwhal -- The sperm whale -- The elephant seal -- I am the walrus -- Sea cows -- Hunting the mighty whale -- Whaling in the 20th century -- Oils, brushes, and corsets -- Seal hunting -- Myths and legends -- Strandings and whale watching -- Fishing and pollution -- Studying sea mammals -- Save the whale! -- Did you know? -- Who's who. LCCN: 2004302379 ISBN: 9780756607395 (hbk.) 0756607396 (hbk.) 9780756607388 (lib. bdg.) 0756607388 (lib. bdg.) Other Number: 56137831 System Availability: 5 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 5 Control Number: 786114 # Local items in: 4 # System items in: 4 Call Number: j 599.5 Papastav Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
