Pod of Dolphins

Richard Spilsbury

Description

Different animals live together in different ways. In this book, readers find out how dolphins form pods and work together to hunt, and raise young. The book also explores how other sea mammals, such as walruses, and humpback whales, live in groups.

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 15 juin 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406255669
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

Extrait

ANIMALS IN GROUPS

A Pod of Dolphins and Other Sea Mammal Groups

Richard Spilsbury

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Edited by Nancy Dickmann, Adam Miller,  and Laura Knowles Designed by Richard Parker Picture research by Ruth Blair Original Illustrations © Capstone Global Library  Ltd 2013 Illustrations by Jeff Edwards Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed and bound in China by CTPS

ISBN 978 1 406 23949 2 (hardback) 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Spilsbury, Richard, 1963 A pod of dolphins and other sea mammal groups.  (Animals in groups) 599.5’156dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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Contents

Welcome to the pod! ........................................................... 4 What are dolphin pods like? ................................................ 6 How do dolphin pods communicate? ................................ 12 How do dolphin groups feed? ........................................... 20 How do dolphins care for young? ...................................... 28 What are other sea mammal groups like? ......................... 34 How can we protect dolphins?........................................... 40 Fact file............................................................................... 42 Glossary.............................................................................. 44 Find out more..................................................................... 46 Index .................................................................................. 48

Did you know?

Discover amazing facts about dolphins.

Some words are shown in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

HUMAN INTERACTION

Find out what happens when humans and dolphins come into contact with each other.

Habitat in Danger

Learn how dolphins’ habitats are under threat, and what is being done to protect them.

4

Welcome to the pod!

Dolphins are curious, intelligentmammalsthat areadapted for spending their entire lives in water. Like other mammals, dolphins need to breathe air. They rise to the surface, open theblowholeon top of their head to breathe, then close the blowhole when they dive again.

Dolphins and whales There are 39 types orspeciesof dolphins living worldwide. Most, including the wellknown bottlenose dolphin, live in the shallower parts of oceans. A few types live only in rivers, such as the Amazon River in Brazil.

dorsal fin

tail

blowhole

flipper

Dolphins have a sleek, pointed shape with a strong tail to swim fast.They use their flippers and dorsal fin to steer through the water.

beak