Whale Primer / With Special Attention to the California Gray Whale E-Book

Theodore Joseph Walker

• Herausgeber: iOnlineShopping.com
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

The WHALE PRIMER provides a brief introduction to one of nature’s most interesting creations, the whale. The principal star of the handbook is the California gray whale which in recent years has become a major tourist attraction in southern California. Notwithstanding the extreme interest, no concise interpretation of the migration has been prepared. Although there is a tremendous number of technical and popular writings about whales, there is still great mystery about them. Whales carry on practically their entire lives below the surface of the sea out of reach of man, so that most of our knowledge has been pieced together from the study of the bodies of slaughtered whales. The literature abounds in partial truths, misinterpretations and technicalities which confuse even the specialists. Many of the sources of information require translation. Furthermore, many of these papers were published in journals of limited distribution. Others are long since out of print, and much of the primary historic records can be found by examination of records which exist only in one particular library. In the preparation of this manuscript, hundreds of books and over 4,000 papers were catalogued, of which the most important were available, and examined. The author was particularly fortunate to have Japanese and Russian friends who gave gladly of their time to insure coverage of these important papers. The author deliberately made an extreme condensation of the facts in order to prevent the reader from being overwhelmed by details that merely obscure the broad picture. It is hoped that the reader will gain an awareness of the extreme mastery by whales of the marine environment. Other basic concepts of biology, which are clearly illustrated by the natural history of whales, are developed.

Leseprobe

Theodore Joseph Walker

UUID: 8862c3be-1a06-11e9-a124-17532927e555

This ebook was created with StreetLib Writehttp://write.streetlib.com

Table of contents

WHALE PRIMER

Contents

Introduction

Two General Migration Routes

Whale Waters—Summer and Winter

Feeding—Filter Whales

Swimming Adaptations

Filter Whales

Food Storage

Sexual Maturity

Life Span

Whale Intelligence

Smell

Habits

Parasites

Whale Abnormalities

Inadequate Knowledge of Whales

Breaching

Modern Whaling

California Gray Whale

Gray Whale Protected

Commercial

Natural Population Controls

Distribution and Population Rise

Appendix

Transcriber’s Notes

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Whale Primer, by Theodore Joseph Walker

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

About the Publisher - iOnlineShopping.com :

As a publisher, we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. iOnlineShopping.com newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

You may buy more interesting and rare books online at https://iOnlineShopping.com

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. Title: Whale Primer With Special Attention to the California Gray Whale Author: Theodore Joseph Walker Release Date: January 15, 2019 [EBook #58695] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WHALE PRIMER *** Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

WHALE PRIMER

With Special Attention to THE CALIFORNIA GRAY WHALE

by Theodore J. Walker

Published by the Cabrillo Historical Association 1962

Produced in cooperation with the National Park Service

Copyright© Cabrillo Historical Association 1962

Second Printing 1965 Third Printing 1967 Fourth Printing 1969

Contents