Download or read book Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins written by Jeanette A. Thomas and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although bats and dolphins live in very different environments, are vastly different in size, and hunt different kinds of prey, both groups have evolved similar sonar systems, known as echolocation, to locate food and navigate the skies and seas. While much research has been conducted over the past thirty years on echolocation in bats and dolphins, this volume is the first to compare what is known about echolocation in each group, to point out what information is missing, and to identify future areas of research. Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins consists of six sections: mechanisms of echolocation signal production; the anatomy and physiology of signal reception and interpretation; performance and cognition; ecological and evolutionary aspects of echolocation mammals; theoretical and methodological topics; and possible echolocation capabilities in other mammals, including shrews, seals, and baleen whales. Animal behaviorists, ecologists, physiologists, and both scientists and engineers who work in the field of bioacoustics will benefit from this book.

Download or read book Pearl s Ocean Magic Dolphin School 1 written by Catherine Hapka and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going to dolphin school under the sea is a magical experience for Pearl and her friends! Pearl is a magical dolphin of the Salty Sea, and today is her first day of school. Her classmates Echo and Splash make great new friends! Together they start learning dolphin skills like magic, music, and jumping.But another student, Flip, just won't stop bragging. And when he accepts a dare from an older student, he ends up in terrible danger from a shark! Can Pearl and her friends save him? It's an exciting first day at Dolphin School!

Download or read book Look a Dolphin written by Tessa Kenan and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about dolphins. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.

Download or read book Playing at the Next Level written by Ken Horowitz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today a multinational video game developer, Sega was the first to break Nintendo's grip on the gaming industry, expanding from primarily an arcade game company to become the dominant game console manufacturer in North America. A major part of that success came from the hard work and innovation of its subsidiary, Sega of America, who in a little more than a decade wrested the majority market share from Nintendo and revolutionized how games were made. Drawing on interviews with nearly 100 Sega alumni, this book traces the development of the company, revealing previously undocumented areas of game-making history, including Sega's relationship with Tonka, the creation of its internal studios, and major breakthroughs like the Sega Channel and HEAT Network. More than 40 of the company's most influential games are explored in detail.

Download or read book Dolphin Adventure written by Rosie Banks and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous new series about best friends and magical princesses! Charlotte and Mia have been best friends for ever, even though they live far apart. Luckily, the girls share a special secret - they're training to be Secret Princesses, magical princesses who grant wishes for girls everywhere! But horrid Princess Poison is determined to stop them from making wishes come true. Can the Charlotte and Mia find a way to help Emily get over her fear of the sea? Plus... * Special campaign with Monsoon Children's - win the same princess outfits as Charlotte and Mia for you and your best friend! * Collect the tokens for a exclusive Best Friends necklace designed by Monsoon!

Download or read book Splash s Secret Friend Dolphin School 3 written by Catherine Hapka and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going to dolphin school under the sea is a magical experience for Pearl and her friends! When Splash doesn't show up to dolphin school on time, Pearl, Echo, and Flip are worried. It's the season of the annual shark migration, and he could be in danger! Later, they learn he's hiding a big secret. He's made a new friend -- who's a shark!Everyone is shocked. But the shark is young, and lost from his family. Will Pearl and her friends defy the rules and help a scary creature home?

Download or read book The Sonar of Dolphins written by Whitlow W.L. Au and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary ability of dolphins to echolocate has fascinated scientists and the public since its discovery in the late 1950's. This is the first book to summarize modern research in this area, and presents a broad synthesis of this very interdisciplinary subject. The author is an internationally-recognized expert on dolphin sonar and is thus in a unique position to bring together research on the physiological, mathematical and engineering aspects of the subject. Of interest to auditory researchers, electrical engineers, acoustical physicists, and mammalian physiologists.

Download or read book To Free a Dolphin written by Keith Coulbourn and published by Renaissance Books. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memorable first book, Behind the Dolphin Smile, Richard O'Barry told the inspiring story of his personal transformation from world-famous dolphin trainer (Flipper was his pupil) to dolphin liberator. Now, in To Free a Dolphin, he passionately recounts the dramatic story of his heart-breaking campaign to release captive dolphins back into the wild. With wit and insight he chronicles the extreme opposition he has faced from bureaucrats, major players in the captive-dolphin industry, rival wildlife groups, and well-meaning sentimentalists. He introduces readers to famous show animals he has helped, including Bogie and Bacall of Key Largo. And, most fascinating, he describes his struggles to deprogram and rehabilitate dolphins emotionally scarred from years of captivity--struggles that become battles for the animals' souls.

Download or read book Ally the Dolphin Fairy written by Daisy Meadows and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 6 million books in print Rainbow Magic is sparkling success! The Ocean Fairies keep all the sea creatures safe and happy-until their magic goes missing! The enchanted conch shell has been split into seven pieces and scattered throughout the oceans. King Oberon and Queen Titania have sent seven magical sea creatures to guard the shells. Now it's up to the Ocean Fairies to find them, with Rachel and Kirsty's help! #1: Ally the Dolphin Fairy Ally's dolphin friend, Echo, is missing! He's off guarding a piece of the enchanted conch shell. Can Ally find him-and her ocean magic?

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals written by William F. Perrin and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 1355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thorough revision of the classic Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals brings this authoritative book right up-to-date. Articles describe every species in detail, based on the very latest taxonomy, and a host of biological, ecological and sociological aspects relating to marine mammals. The latest information on the biology, ecology, anatomy, behavior and interactions with man is provided by a cast of expert authors – all presented in such detail and clarity to support both marine mammal specialists and the serious naturalist. Fully referenced throughout and with a fresh selection of the best color photographs available, the long-awaited second edition remains at the forefront as the go-to reference on marine mammals. - More than 20% NEW MATERIAL includes articles on Climate Change, Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Sociobiology, Habitat Use, Feeding Morphology and more - Over 260 articles on the individual species with topics ranging from anatomy and behavior, to conservation, exploitation and the impact of global climate change on marine mammals - New color illustrations show every species and document topical articles FROM THE FIRST EDITION "This book is so good...a bargain, full of riches...packed with fascinating up to date information. I recommend it unreservedly it to individuals, students, and researchers, as well as libraries." --Richard M. Laws, MARINE MAMMALS SCIENCE "...establishes a solid and satisfying foundation for current study and future exploration" --Ronald J. Shusterman, SCIENCE

Download or read book Theoretical And Computational Acoustics 97 written by Er-chang Shang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999-05-11 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is dedicated to Dr Ding Lee for his untiring efforts in promoting the advancement of theoretical and computational acoustics.This proceedings volume provides a forum for active researchers to discuss the state-of-the-art developments and results in theoretical and computational acoustics, covering aero-, seismo- and ocean acoustics and related topics. It discusses multidimensional wave propagation modeling, methods of computational acoustics, wave propagation in rocks, fluid-solid interfaces, nonlinear acoustics, neural networks, real applications and experimental results.

Download or read book Hearing by Whales and Dolphins written by Whitlow W.L. Au and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, experts in different areas of the field provide an overview of the bioacoustics of whales and dolphins as well as a thorough introduction to the subject for investigators of hearing in other animals. Topics covered include the structure and function of cetacean auditory systems, the unique sound production system of odontocetes, acoustic communication, psychoacoustics, echolocation and models of sound propagation.

Download or read book Our Dolphin Ancestors written by Frank Joseph and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the shared ancestry behind our affinity with dolphins and our shared destiny • Explains how we are both descendants of the aquatic ape and still share many physiological features with dolphins that set us apart from other primates • Explores dolphins’ communication with other species and how dolphin therapy has miraculous effects on people with autism, cancer, stroke, and depression • Explores the connections between dolphins and Atlantis and Lemuria Wild animals avoid contact with humans, but wild dolphins seek us out to play and socialize, even going so far as to voluntarily rescue people from drowning. What explains this remarkable natural affinity? Revealing the evolutionary basis for our special relationship with dolphins, Frank Joseph explains how we are both descendants of the same ancient branch of human-ity. Building upon the aquatic ape theory, he details how we both began on land but devastating floods forced our distant ancestors into the seas, where humanity developed many of the traits that set us apart from other primates, such as our instinctive diving reflex and our newborns’ ability to swim. But while some of the aquatic apes returned to land, later evolving into modern humans, some remained in the cradle of Mother Ocean and became our dolphin cousins. Integrating scientific research on dolphin intelligence, communication, and physiology with enduring myths from some of the world’s oldest cultures, such as the Aborigines, Norse, Greeks, and Celts, the author examines our physical commonalities with dolphins, including their vestigial thumbs and legs, birth processes, and body temperature. He explores dolphins’ uncanny ability to diagnose disease such as cancer in humans and how dolphin therapy has had miraculous effects on children with autism, victims of stroke, and those suffering from depression. He provides evidence for dolphins’ different attitudes toward men, women, and children, their natural affinity with cats and dogs, and their telepathic communication with other species, including ours. He explores dolphins’ mysterious role in the birth of early civilization and their connections with the Dog Star, Sirius, and Atlantis and Lemuria--a bond still commemorated by annual gatherings of millions of dolphins. As Frank Joseph shows, if we can learn to fully communicate with dolphins, accessing their millennia-old oral tradition, we may learn the truth about humanity’s origins and our shared future, when humankind may yet again quit the land for a final return to the sea.

Download or read book Dolphin Dome written by Janys Mikel and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of a pleasant cruise, Jayla, a freshman in college, is thrown overboard when the ship encounters a storm. She loses consciousness and wakes in an unfamiliar place, surrounded by strangers who explain that her ship sank, but she was brought to this place, an undersea domed world, by dolphins. Convinced shes at the mercy of crazy people, especially when they tell her she must remain in this new world for the rest of her life, she decides to bide her time while planning her escape. Jayla believes she has an ally in Ryan, the ships only other survivor, but he succumbs to a red-tide addiction, putting him into the enemy camp. She has no choice but to learn more about the other inhabitants of this home below the sea. She finds they are all survivors, or offspring of survivors, of plane crashes and shipwrecks. They salvage what they need from sunken ships and planes with the help of sea creatures, but not all the aquatic inhabitants are friends. Some are even deadly enemies of the dome dwellers. The domes undesirables, those who cant manage in a decent societyand Ryan soon proves to be one of theseare expelled to another area of the dome, a dingy slum. Jayla finds love and companionship from an unexpected speciesher dolcher Adev and a dome dweller, Arn. She discovers that life in the dome can be pleasant, but she still misses the life she knew. She decides to find a way to be able to live in both worlds with the help of Arn, who was born in the dome and knows no other life. The Dome Dweller Chronicles follow Jayla, Arn, Ryan, and a cast of underwater dome inhabitants as they launch into new adventures and find mysterious ocean floor domes around the globe.

Download or read book Dolphin Chronicles written by Carol J. Howard and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For everyone fascinated with the possibilities of human-animal communications, scientist Carol Howard provides an intimate, moving account of one woman's attempt to unravel the mysteries of the dolphin--one of the sea's most fascinating and enigmatic creatures.

Download or read book Echo s Lucky Charm Dolphin School 2 written by Catherine Hapka and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going to dolphin school under the sea is a magical experience for Pearl and her friends! Pearl and her friends Echo, Splash, and Flip are preparing for their first test at dolphin school! It's in Magic class, which is Echo's best subject, so she's helping them study.But then Echo loses her lucky shell necklace. She's very upset -- and, even worse, she's barely able to do any magic! Can Pearl and her friends help Echo find her necklace and regain her skills before their big test?

Download or read book Distant Echoes written by Colleen Coble and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an errant Navy missile hits a tourist boat off the island of Kauai, killing several passengers, Hawaiian native and dolphin researcher Kaia Oana joins naval security officer Jesse Matthews in an investigation of the incident.