Voyage to the WhalesA detailed, informative account of the author's research into sperm whales and their behavior conducted from his sloop in the Indian Ocean. |
Contents
Prologue Off Colombo Sri Lanka | 1 |
November 15 December 1 | 7 |
December 212 | 19 |
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adult animals behavior beneath blow blue whales board Tulip boat Bryde's whale by-catch calf called calves camera Caroline Chris clicks coast cockpit Colombo crew members dark deck deep depth sounder directional hydrophone dive dorsal fin engine feeding feet film crew fish Flip flippers flukes follow groups of females Gulf of Mannar head humpback whales Indian Ocean International Whaling islands Jonathan large males Lindy Maldives Maldivian male sperm Margo marine Martha mast mating Melville miles minutes Moby-Dick Newfoundland night Omani Phil photographs Physeter Pieter port reach Red Sea remoras Roger Payne sail scientific scientists season seemed Sidney Holt sight Sinhalese songs sounds species sperm whales squid Sri Lanka striped dolphins surface swim Tamil tape recorder track Trincomalee trying Tulip Tulip Project underwater usually watch waves weather Weilgart whale research whales and dolphins Whitehead wind World Wildlife Fund Wuff-Wuff