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The Sperm Whale
Forever associated with Melville's classic Moby Dick, sperm whales are mysterious deep-sea diving creatures who can hold their breath underwater for more than an hour at a time. Author Alison Imbriaco describes how these mammoth cetaceans, known as the most social and loyal of the whales, communicate and hunt for prey using a special sense called echolocation. She details the threats endangering them, including ocean and noise pollution, entanglements in fishing nets, and global warming, and describes what you can do in your daily life to help reduce these threats.
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Saving Endangered Species series. These books, organized like upper-elementary science reports, include information on an animal's habitat, reproduction, adaptations, and threats and how humans can help. Some students may appreciate that, with the subheadings, web references, and publisher's updated web links, there's little work left for them to do on their own. Photographs, maps, and screen shots accompany the texts, which include some difficult, undefined vocabulary. Reading list. Glos., ind., The Horn Book Guide Fall 2008
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