Dolphins

dolphins

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Foreword by Jean-Michel Cousteau.

Few people will ever have the chance to encounter Atlantic spotted dolphins or duskies in the wild. But Dolphins author Tim Cahill offers the next best thing to a firsthand experience, bringing to life a thrilling world where creatures are as delicate as a jellyfish and as powerful as a killer whale.

Cahill captures the exhilaration, risks, and rewards of studying these intelligent and friendly mammals in their habitat. As he explores the lives and careers of three scientists, a dolphin communication specialist, a dolphin behavior expert, and their mentor, he explains how each type of dolphin exhibits distinctive traits, social routines, and feeding habits-much like their human counterparts. Cahill's narrative, accompanied by compelling and informative essays written by scientific experts, expands to include current debates regarding dolphin conservation and the fishing industry, studying dolphins in the wild versus in captivity, and the anthropomorphism of dolphins.

Available for the first time in paperback and featuring more than 200 stunning photographs-many from the Academy Award-nominated Dolphins, a MacGillivray Freeman Film for IMAX® theaters-Dolphins provides an unparalleled glimpse into the realm of these enchanting creatures.

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They're smart, they're playful, and they've fascinated humans from time immemorial. Dolphins are among the most mysterious and highly evolved creatures on Earth, boasting extraordinary intelligence, sophisticated communication, and intriguing, thought-provoking social and behavioral qualities. In this superbly illustrated and authoritative book, the dolphin's world comes to colorful life in all its engrossing diversity.

Featuring more than a hundred arresting full-color photographs and IMAX® camera images, and text by best-selling author Tim Cahill, Dolphins is both a portrait of these unique marine mammals with whom we share our planet and a vivid profile of a gifted team of scientists on the frontier of dolphin research, whose firsthand account of what they've learned captures the irresistible challenge of understanding the dolphin's complex world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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