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Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > Aquatic creatures
Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner "Best Book About the Environment"
by Chicago Review of Books An ode to marine life and the natural
world, these essays reveal the elusive lives of whales in the
Pacific Ocean-home to orcas, humpbacks, blue, gray, and sperm
whales Leigh Calvez has spent a dozen years researching, observing,
and probing the lives of the giants of the deep. Here, she relates
the stories of nature's most remarkable creatures, including the
familial orcas in the waters of Washington State and British
Columbia; the migratory humpbacks; the ancient, deep-diving blue
whales, the largest animals on the planet. The lives of these
whales are conveyed through the work of dedicated researchers who
have spent decades tracking them along their secretive routes that
extend for thousands of miles, gleaning their habits and sounds and
distinguishing peculiarities. Calvez author invites the reader onto
a small research catamaran maneuvering among 100-foot long blue
whales off the coast of California; or to join the task of
monitoring patterns of humpback whale movements at the ocean
surface: tail throw, flipper slap, fluke up, or blow. To experience
whales is breathtaking. To understand their lives deepens our
connection with the natural world.
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