Famed in story as "the great leviathans," sperm whales are truly creatures of extremes. Giants among all whales, they also have the largest brains of any creature on Earth. Males can reach a length of sixty-two feet and can weigh upwards...

Presents a framework for analyzing social behavior and demonstrates how to put this framework into practice by collecting suitable data on the interactions and associations of individuals so that relationships can be described, and, from...

„Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales“ von Hal Whitehead ist ein umfassendes Werk, das sich mit dem sozialen Verhalten und der Ökologie von Walen und Delfinen beschäftigt. Das Buch fasst die Ergebnisse zahlreicher...