The Sperm Whale: Help Save This Endangered Species!

by Alison Imbriaco

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...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598450719
• ISBN13: 9781598450712
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12