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Author Thompson, Doug, 1947-

Title Whales : touching the mystery / Doug Thompson
Published Troutdale, Or. : NewSage Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description v, 151 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Introduction A Calling from the Whales 1 -- Part One -- Laguna San Ignacio -- Chapter One Where Whales and Humans Meet 9 -- Chapter Two Between Whales and Humans 21 -- Chapter Three Keepers of the Lagoon 37 -- Chapter Four Whale Watching Camps 49 -- Chapter Five Protecting the Lagoon 65 -- Part Two -- Gray Whales -- Chapter Six A Brief History of Whale Hunting 89 -- Chapter Seven Indigenous Whale Hunting and Whale Watching 107 -- Chapter Eight Global Warming 115 -- Chapter Nine Modern Threats to Whales 119 -- Chapter Ten Whale Eco-nomics: A Future with the Whales 137 -- Resources 145 -- About the Author and the Photographer 149
Notes Includes index
Subject Endangered species.
Gray whale -- Behavior -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Human-animal relationships -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Whale watching -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Whaling.
LC no. 2006025424
ISBN 0939165554 (alk. paper)
9780939165551 (alk. paper)