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The great sperm whale : a natural history of the ocean's most magnificent and mysterious creature / Richard Ellis.

Ellis, Richard, 1938- (Author).

Summary:

An exploration of the sperm whale that provides information on the evolution, ecology, biology, anatomy, behavior, social organization, intelligence, diet, and other aspects of the species and discusses its clash with giant squid, the history of the whaling industry, and the author's experience saving a beached whale.

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ISBN: 9780700617722 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0700617728 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xv, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-358) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Physty -- Mr. Melville's whale -- Whence the sperm whale? -- The (un)natural history of the sperm whale -- The social lives of sperm whales -- Battle of the giants -- "I'll have the calamari -- " -- Making contact -- How to catch a whale -- The war on whales -- "Can leviathan long endure so wide a chase?" -- Appendix. The adventures of a whale painter.

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Subject:: Sperm whale.

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