The cultural lives of whales and dolphins / Hal Whitehead and Luke Rendell.

Whitehead, Hal, author.
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Drawing on their own research as well as scientific literature including evolutionary biology, animal behavior, ecology, anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, two cetacean biologists submerge themselves in the unique environment in which whales and dolphins live. –Publisher’s description.
  • Culture in the ocean? — Culture? — Mammals of the ocean — Song of the whale — What the dolphins do — Mother cultures of the large toothed whales — How do they do it? — Is this evidence for culture? — How the whales got culture — Whale culture and whale genes — The implications of Culture: ecosystems, individuals, stupidity, and conservation — The cultural whales: how we see them and how we treat them.

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Requested by Capman, W.

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