An edition of The great sperm whale
(2011)
The great sperm whale
a natural history of the ocean's most magnificent and mysterious creature
by Richard Ellis
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The biology and economics of sperm whales, with frequent reference to Melville's Moby Dick.
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cetology, Sperm whale, whales, whale hunting, Cachalot macrocéphale, Pottwal, CetaceaePeople
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The great sperm whale: a natural history of the ocean's most magnificent and mysterious creature
2011, University Press of Kansas
Hardcover
in English
0700617728 9780700617722
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Table of Contents
Preface
Page ix
1.
Physty
Page 1
II.
Mr. Melville's Whale
Page 8
III.
Whence the Sperm Whale?
Page 55
IV.
The (Un)Natural History of the Sperm Whale
Page 93
V.
The Social Lives of Sperm Whales
Page 143
VI.
Battle of the Giants
Page 174
VII.
"I'll Have the Calamari..."
Page 191
VIII.
Making Contact
Page 224
IX.
How to Catch a Whale
Page 240
X.
The War on Whales
Page 265
XI.
"Can Leviathan Long Endure So Wide a Chase?"
Page 305
Appendix.
The Adventure of a Whale Painter
Page 315
References
Page 335
Index
Page 359
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-358) and index.
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