15. Why Blue Whales Gotta Be Big

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents x
3. Acknowledgments xii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Extreme Motherhood 7
6. 2. A Sea Of Milk 12
7. 3. Looking For Whales In All The Wrong Places 24
8. 4. Resident Aliens? 31
9. 5. How To Make A Really Rich Sea 39
10. 6. Popular Mechanics 44
11. 7. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who’S The Smartest Of Them All? 50
12. 8. Building Nets From Bubbles And Other Mysterious Humpback Whale Talents 57
13. 9. Do Baby Sperm Whales Suck Milk Through Their Noses? 65
14. 10. Deep Culture 70
15. 11. What’S The Use Of Granny? 83
16. 12. Dolphin Snatchers 89
17. 13. Friendly Mothers, Friendly Calves? 99
18. 14. The War On Fish 113
19. 15. Why Blue Whales Gotta Be Big 125
20. 16. What You Can See By Listening 132
21. 17. What You Can Learn From The Dead 142
22. 18. Let’S Talk About Sex, Baby 152
23. 19. Missing Meat 161
24. 20. Shifting Scale 169
25. Notes 177
26. Index 191