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ISBN10: 0700617728, ISBN13: 9780700617722, [publisher: University Press of Kansas, Kansas] Hardcover Hardcover. Over the past several decades, Richard Ellis has produced a remarkable body of work that has been called ""magnificent"" (Washington Post Book World), ""masterful"" (Scientific American), ""magical"" (Men's Journal), and a ""dazzling tour de force"" (Christian Science Monitor). Ellis's new booka fascinating tour through the world of the sperm whalewill surely inspire more such praise for the author heralded by Publisher Weekly as ""America's foremost writer on marine research.""Written with Ellis's deep knowledge and trademark passion, verve, and witand illustrated with a wide array of images including his own signature artworkhis study covers the full spectrum of the sperm whale's existence from its prehistoric past to its current endangered existence. Ellis, as no one else can, illuminates the iconic impact of Physeter macrocephalus (""big-headed blower"") on our history, environment, and culture, with a substantial nod to Herman Melville and Moby-Dick, the great novel that put the sperm whale (and whaling) on the literary map.Ranging far and wide, Ellis covers the sperm whale's evolution, ecology, biology, anatomy, behavior, social organization, intelligence, communications, migrations, diet, and breeding. ...
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