The Whale Scientists
Solving the Mystery of Whale Strandings
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007.
Format: Book
Description: 63 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
They began as land creatures. Then, for more plentiful food, or so scientists believe, whales made the water their home and evolved into the colossal, majestic creatures of the sea that we know today--the same majestic creatures that humans learned to hunt and kill: first for food and then for oil, soap, candles, furniture, and even waspwaist corsets. Rich in meat, blubber, bone, and baleen, the whale served so many purposes for humans that its stranding was seen as a gift from the sea.But now, with their numbers diminished worldwide, whales have become the subject of scientific study. Humans hunt now for a deeper understanding of cetaceans. Why would the world's largest mammal do something that would most likely cause it to die? Around the world, scientists are trying to find the answer.
Series: Scientists in the field.
Contents:
Transformed mammal -- Why whales strand? -- Getting answers from strandings -- Tragedy and triumph -- Acknowledgments and thanks -- Sources -- Glossary -- Index.
Subjects:
Whales -- Juvenile literature.
Whaling -- Juvenile literature.
Whales -- Stranding -- Juvenile literature.
Whales -- Juvenile literature.
Whaling -- Juvenile literature.
Whales -- Stranding -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1140L
ISBN:
0618556737 (reinforced)
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C ANIMALS Water Mammal Whale Hod | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C ANIMALS Water Mammal Whale Hod | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C ANIMALS Water Mammal Whale Hod | Main (Downtown) | Display - Third Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C ANIMALS Water Mammal Whale Hod | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C ANIMALS Water Mammal Whale Hod | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C ANIMALS Water Mammal Whale Hod | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-56) and index.