Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
- ISBN-10
- 0345442881
- ISBN-13
- 9780345442888
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 309
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Author
- Alexandra Morton
Description
An insightful study of the language and behavior of orcas draws on the author's twenty-five years of personal observation to describe how her years of research and recordings of killer whale language have led to a deeper understanding of whale echolocation and communication. Reprint.
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