Whale Primer, with Special Attention to the California Gray Whale
by Theodore J. Walker
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About this eBook
- Author
- Walker, Theodore J.
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Gray whale
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 58695
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58695
- Release Date
- January 15, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.WHALE PRIMER
- 2.Contents
- 3.Introduction
- 4.Two General Migration Routes
- 5.Whale Waters—Summer and Winter
- 6.Feeding—Filter Whales
- 7.Evolution of Whales — Breathing Adaptations — Swimming Adaptations
- 8.Whale Types — Porpoises and Dolphins — Squid Eaters — Filter Whales
- 9.Significance of Blubber — Heat Conservation — Buoyancy — Food Storage
- 10.Sexual Maturity
- 11.Life Span
- 12.Whale Intelligence
- 13.Whale Senses — Sight — Hearing — Smell
- 14.Habits
- 15.Enemies — Killer Whales — Parasites
- 16.Whale Abnormalities
- 17.Inadequate Knowledge of Whales
- 18.California Gray Whale — Evolutionary Place — Geographic Distribution — Shore Habits — Scientific Description — Reaction to Whaling — How Do They Sleep? — Migration Groupings — Breaching
- 19.Whaling — Whalers as Explorers — Prehistoric Whaling — Historic Whaling — Modern Whaling
- 20.Example of Unregulated Whaling — California Gray Whale
- 21.Gray Whale Protected
- 22.Value of Gray Whale — Esthetic — Scientific — Commercial
- 23.Natural Population Controls
- 24.Current Scientific Inquiry — Life Expectancy — Age Determination — Distribution and Population Rise
- 25.Appendix
- 26.Transcriber’s Notes
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