Bibliograph

Orca, the whale called killer, Erich Hoyt

Type

Label

Orca, the whale called killer, Erich Hoyt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Orca

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1090141226

Responsibility statement

Erich Hoyt

Sub title

the whale called killer

Summary

"Killer whales were originally considered too dangerous to approach in the wild, but when Erich Hoyt and his colleagues spent seven summers in the 1970s following these intelligent and playful creatures in the waters off northern Vancouver Island, they garnered more than enough data to dispel the killer whale myth. First published in 1981 and now a revered classic, <i>Orca: The Whale Called Killer</i> is Hoyt's exciting account of those youthful summers of adventure and discovery. In this new, updated fifth edition, Hoyt -- now a world-renowned expert on whales and dolphins -- offers fresh insights into the life history of the largest member of the dolphin family. Hoyt shares orca wisdom gleaned from decades of additional field study in the Russian Far East and return trips to Canada's West Coast to visit with the descendants of the killer whales he encountered 45 years ago." --Back cover

Table Of Contents

Author's note -- Introduction to the fifth edition (2019) -- Prologue -- Maps of killer whale country -- First summer -- Fall/winter -- Second summer -- Third summer -- In later years : a future for orcas in the Northwest?

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