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Title: The Bottlenose Dolphin: Biology and Conservation by Randall S. Wells, Samantha D. Eide, John Elliott, III Reynolds ISBN: 0-8130-1775-0 Publisher: University Press of Florida Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Big brains in large bodies
Comment: The collaborators who put this book together are dedicated scientists with years of experience in the field. I admire their work. But I find on thing missing from the discussion of brain versus body size. They establish ratios of brain to body size and declare this is one method of measuring the intelligence of the animal, i.e. the larger the brain is in relationship to the body, the smarter the animal is. But they do not explain why a large body needs a large brain. After all, whale sharks of the same size as sperm whales have brains smaller than your fist while the sperm whale brain is six times larger than the human brain. Perhaps it is the large brain which requires the large body. The laws of physics would prohibit a brain developing in a very small body. Necks breaking and cortical sheering would be a problem.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Information
Comment: I have read through this book while doing some research on dolphins and marine mammal conservation and must say that this has some information that I could find nowhere else. This book hits on such a large variety of information relating to dolphin biology and conservation that I cannot believe that they fit it all into one book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Samantha is great
Comment: Good to see Samantha successful in life. I knew her back when she was a struggling student at Eckerd College.
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Title: Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and Puzzles by Karen Pryor, Kenneth S. Norris ISBN: 0520216563 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Starting Your Career as a Marine Mammal Trainer by Terry S. Samansky ISBN: 0971985324 Publisher: Independent Publishers Group Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Dolphin Chronicles by Carol J. Howard ISBN: 0553377787 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales by Janet Mann, Richard C. Connor, Peter L. Tyack, Hal Whitehead, Janer Mann ISBN: 0226503410 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World by Pieter Folkens, Randall R. Reeves, Brent S. Stewart, Phillip J. Clapham, James A. Powell ISBN: 0375411410 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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