The cultural lives of whales and dolphins

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Hal Whitehead: The cultural lives of whales and dolphins (2015)

417 pages

English language

Published May 18, 2015

ISBN:
978-0-226-89531-4
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OCLC Number:
871670748

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Great whale facts, wild how little we know about most whales. What we do know about the social behavior of humpbacks, bowheads, sperm whales, killer whales, and coastal dolphins (the authors study sperm whales, apropos, but build their argument across all these evenly) makes it clear to likely that social learning that is not environmentally or genetically determined is widespread in many aspects of their lives, and which make the case for preservation of broad populations of whales to maintain cultural diversity.

Subjects

  • Whales
  • Animal communication
  • Social behavior in animals
  • Dolphins