Watching Whales and Dolphins in Southern Africa

Watching Whales & Dolphins in Southern Africa is an invaluable guide for anyone wishing to know more about whales and dolphins of the region.
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Title: Watching Whales & Dolphins in Southern Africa
Authors: Noel Ashton; Belinda Ashton
Imprint: Nature
Publisher: Random House Struik
Cape Town, South Africa 2012
ISBN 9781770079571 / ISBN 978-1-77007-957-1
Softcover, 15 x 21 cm, 120 pages, throughout colour photos

About: Watching Whales and Dolphins in Southern Africa

South Africa offers some of the best land-based whale watching in the world, with over half of the world's species either resident here, returning to our waters each year to mate or calve, or following migration routes along our coastlines.This presents unique opportunities for anyone interested in observing these elusive mammals of the oceans.The reasons for such diversity are partly the geographical position of South Africa as one of the few land masses within relatively close proximity of the whales' Antarctic feeding grounds.

Watching Whales & Dolphins in Southern Africa is an essential guide to watching the region’s 12 more common species. In addition to species accounts and charts that aid identification, this guide provides detailed information on cetaceans – their evolution, senses, behaviour, classification and anatomy. Multiple, clear images, both photographic and illustrated, help identify each species by showing how to read the partial signs that cetaceans usually offer, such as a flipper, tail, or even just their 'blow'.

Contents: Watching Whales and Dolphins in Southern Africa

Foreword
Message from IFAW
Preface
Introduction
Classification
Evolution
Adaptations
Cetacean senses
Humans and cetaceans
Finding whales and dolphins
Whale-watching equipment
Distribution of whales and dolphins
Migration
Conditions for observation
Where to watch whales and dolphins
Whales: Behaviour and identification
Species accounts
Dolphins: Behaviour and identification
Species accounts
Strandings
Whale-watching legislation in South Africa
Species in southern African waters
Glossary
Further reading and reference
Index