Thousand mile song : whale music in a sea of sound / David Rothenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothenberg, David, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whales--Behavior.

Whales.

Whale sounds.

Physical Description:

287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2008]

Summary:

Uses the enigma of whale sounds to examine the question of whether we can ever truly understand nonhuman minds.

Contents:

We didn't know, We didn't know: whale songs hit the charts

Gonna grow fins: humans take up with whale music

Those orcas love a groove: making music with killer whales

To hear the dolphin call his name: how smart are they?

Beluga do not believe in tears: Russian whale music

The longest liquid song: Humpback music and its changes

Moby click: sperm whales got rhythm

Thousand mile song: moanin' in the deep sound channel

Never satisfied: getting through to a humpback whale.

CD tracks: Valentine's Day, 1992

Never satisfied

The far field

Whiteness of the beast

Duo Orcanada

The killer

Moby Click

And she married a whale

Myagostrov, in the deep

Beluga no believe in tears

Koholaa!

The world's last whale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-257) and index.

ISBN:

9780465071289

0465071287

OCLC:

182662572