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DOLPHIN SOCIETIES: Discoveries and Puzzles
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DOLPHIN SOCIETIES: Discoveries and Puzzles Hardcover - 1991

by Pryor, K. & K.S. Norris

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U. of Calif. Press, 1991. As new with dust jacket. Cloth; 397p., illus.; ISBN 0-520-06717-7
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  • Title DOLPHIN SOCIETIES: Discoveries and Puzzles
  • Author Pryor, K. & K.S. Norris
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 405
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher U. of Calif. Press, U. of Calif. Press
  • Date 1991
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 12485
  • ISBN 9780520067172 / 0520067177
  • Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.26 x 1.37 in (23.47 x 15.90 x 3.48 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Social behavior in animals, Dolphins - Behavior
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90035670
  • Dewey Decimal Code 599.53

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At present, no precise data exist on the population structure of the Black Sea bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), their migratory patterns, the size of the areas they inhabit, the fluctuations in these areas, the numbers of animals in each population, or other similar questions.

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About the author

Karen Pryor was a founder of Sea Life Park in Hawaii, where she pioneered many dolphin-training techniques. She is the author of numerous papers and several books, including Karen Pryor on Behavior: Essays and Research (1994), and has served on the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission. Kenneth S. Norris is Professor Emeritus of Natural History and Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and one of America's senior mammalogists and conservationists. His work established that dolphins use echolocation. He helped draft the Marine Mammal Protection Act. His books include The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (California, 1994).