The cultural lives of whales and dolphins /
Whitehead, Hal,
The cultural lives of whales and dolphins / Hal Whitehead and Luke Rendell. - 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Culture in the ocean? -- Culture? -- Mammals of the ocean -- Song of the whale -- What the dolphins do -- Mother cultures of the large toothed whales -- How do they do it? -- Is this evidence for culture? -- How the whales got culture -- Whale culture and whale genes -- The implications of Culture: ecosystems, individuals, stupidity, and conservation -- The cultural whales: how we see them and how we treat them.
Drawing on their own research as well as scientific literature including evolutionary biology, animal behavior, ecology, anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, two cetacean biologists submerge themselves in the unique environment in which whales and dolphins live. --Publisher's description.
9780226895314 0226895319 9780226325927 022632592X
2014020610
GBB4C9504 bnb
Whales.
Dolphins.
Social behavior in animals.
Animal communication.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
Animal communication.
Dolphins.
Social behavior in animals.
Whales.
Delfine
Wala
Sozialverhalten
Tiersprache
QL737.C4 / W47 2015
599.5
The cultural lives of whales and dolphins / Hal Whitehead and Luke Rendell. - 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Culture in the ocean? -- Culture? -- Mammals of the ocean -- Song of the whale -- What the dolphins do -- Mother cultures of the large toothed whales -- How do they do it? -- Is this evidence for culture? -- How the whales got culture -- Whale culture and whale genes -- The implications of Culture: ecosystems, individuals, stupidity, and conservation -- The cultural whales: how we see them and how we treat them.
Drawing on their own research as well as scientific literature including evolutionary biology, animal behavior, ecology, anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, two cetacean biologists submerge themselves in the unique environment in which whales and dolphins live. --Publisher's description.
9780226895314 0226895319 9780226325927 022632592X
2014020610
GBB4C9504 bnb
Whales.
Dolphins.
Social behavior in animals.
Animal communication.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
Animal communication.
Dolphins.
Social behavior in animals.
Whales.
Delfine
Wala
Sozialverhalten
Tiersprache
QL737.C4 / W47 2015
599.5