Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean

by Hal Whitehead

Book Overview

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 of fifty tons.

With this book, Hal Whitehead gives us a clearer picture of the ecology and social life of sperm whales than we have ever had before. Based on almost two decades of field research, Whitehead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226895181
• ISBN13: 9780226895185
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"