Research Catalog

Title

Wild blue : a natural history of the world's largest animal / Dan Bortolotti.

Author

Bortolotti, Dan.

Publication

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.

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Details

Description

xiii, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 22 cm

Summary

"The Blue Whale holds the title of largest creature that has ever lived, and it may also be the most mysterious. The biggest blue whales can outweigh every player in Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League combined. Their mouths can gulp more than thirteen thousand gallons of seawater. A newborn can be over twenty feet long and gain nearly twenty tons in seven months - about eight pounds per hour. Blue whales emit more powerful sounds than any other animal on earth, though many of their vocalizations are beyond the range of human hearing." "Equal parts history and science, Wild Blue is the first comprehensive portrait of the blue whale. It draws upon new findings from scientists who have begun to identify individual blue whales and understand how they dive, how they feed, where they migrate, and why they emit their haunting, low frequency calls. With deft, poignant writing, Dan Bortolotti gives us the most vibrant, breathtaking view to date of these magnificent creatures."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Blue whale

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-306) and index.

Contents

1. Into the Blue -- 2. The Greatest War -- 3. Back to the Ice -- 4. About-Face -- 5. St. Lawrence Blues -- 6. West Coast Blues -- 7. Blues' Clues -- 8. Blue Notes -- 9. The 79-Foot Pygmy and Other Stories -- 10. Blue Genes -- 11. Why Size Matters -- 12. The Future Is Blue.

ISBN

• 9780312383879 (alk. paper)
• 0312383878 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008024933
• 40015976878

OCLC

• ocn213451450
• 213451450
• SCSB-5438172

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries