The cultural lives of whales and dolphins
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Author
Contributors
Rendell, Luke, 1973- author.
Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015].
Physical Description
417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Natrona Co. Public Library - Nonfiction
599.5 WHITEHEAD
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599.5 WHITEHEAD
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Natrona Co. Public Library - Nonfiction | 599.5 WHITEHEAD | On Shelf |
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Albany Co. Public Library - Nonfiction | 599.5 WHITEHEAD | On Shelf |
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Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-398) and index.
Summary
In The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins, cetacean biologists Hal Whitehead, who has spent much of his life on the ocean trying to understand whales, and Luke Rendell, whose research focuses on the evolution of social learning, open an astounding porthole onto the fascinating culture beneath the waves. As Whitehead and Rendell show, cetacean culture and its transmission are shaped by a blend of adaptations, innate sociality, and the unique environment in which whales and dolphins live: a watery world in which a hundred-and-fifty-ton blue whale can move with utter grace, and where the vertical expanse is as vital, and almost as vast, as the horizontal. Drawing on their own research as well as a scientific literature as immense as the sea?including evolutionary biology, animal behavior, ecology, anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience?Whitehead and Rendell dive into realms both humbling and enlightening as they seek to define what cetacean culture is, why it exists, and what it means for the future of whales and dolphins. And, ultimately, what it means for our future, as well.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Whitehead, H., & Rendell, L. (2015). The cultural lives of whales and dolphins . The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Hal and Luke Rendell. 2015. The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins. The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Hal and Luke Rendell. The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Whitehead, Hal., and Luke Rendell. The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
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