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Author Whitehead, Hal.

Title Sperm whales : social evolution in the ocean / Hal Whitehead.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  QL737.C435 W465 2003    Available  ---
Description xxiii, 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-415) and index.
Contents The sperm whale: an animal of extremes -- The oceanic habitat of the sperm whale -- The sperm whale: on the move through the ocean -- Sperm whale populations -- Sperm whale behavior and vocalizations -- Sperm whale societies -- Sperm whale cultures -- Social and cultural evolution in the ocean -- Sperm whales and the future -- Appendix: How we study the sperm whale.
Subject Sperm whale.
Sperm whale.
ISBN 0226895173 cloth alkaline paper
0226895181 paperback alkaline paper