Whale quest : working together to save endangered species

Book 2017

Introduces whales, discussing their physical features, behavior, and complex communication abilities, along with a history of whaling and a description of the efforts being made by scientists around the world to save them from extinction. --Publisher

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Whales Juvenile literature

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ISBN:

9781467792462
1467792462

Description:

128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm

Target Audience Note:

Age 13-18
Grade 9 to 12

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-123) and index
Reading Counts 6-8 11.5 8
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)

Contents:

Introduction: Out of the deep
What's a whale?
Hunting down whales
Whales get a closer look
Schooling with whales
What do cetologists do?
Listening for whales
From snotbots to feces finders
Captive whales
Rescuing whales
Citizen whale science
The whales are missing!

LCCN:

2016012561

Control Number:

2413958

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