Our Dolphin Ancestors
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Our Dolphin Ancestors
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Author : Frank Joseph
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-03-17
Our Dolphin Ancestors written by Frank Joseph and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-17 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
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.
Meeting Dolphins
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Author : Kathleen Dudzinski
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Release Date : 2000
Meeting Dolphins written by Kathleen Dudzinski and has been published by National Geographic Kids this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Animal communication categories.
Who can resist dolphins? They're so smart, and they have that mysterious smile. But they're wild animals -- possibly friendly, potentially dangerous. And only a very few people get a chance to meet them in the wild. Kathleen Dudzinski is one of them. Dudzinski has studied dolphins all over the world. Everywhere she goes, she observes gestures, sounds, and behaviors to try to figure out how dolphins communicate. She has watched mother dolphins teach their babies how to hunt and swum with a pod of dolphins to figure out how they all know to turn at the same time. She's even built an underwater camera housing with microphones to record and study dolphin sounds in stereo. In "Meeting Dolphins," Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski, marine biologist and subject of the large-format film "Dolphins," tells her own story and the story of the dolphins she has come to know and love.
Biology Evolution And Conservation Of River Dolphins Within South America And Asia
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Author : Manuel Ruiz-Garcia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Biology Evolution And Conservation Of River Dolphins Within South America And Asia written by Manuel Ruiz-Garcia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with River dolphins categories.
True river dolphins as well as marine dolphins that frequent freshwater systems are large animals that have traditionally gone unnoticed by the general public and, in a certain sense, by marine mammal specialists as well. In fact, only a limited number of researchers have investigated the biology of these dolphin species. This is quite surprising given that these species are commonly the top predators in their habitats. Now for the first time, revolutionary molecular techniques are being applied to answer evolutionary reconstruction questions of many animals, including river dolphins. In addition, new paleontological records are dramatically changing our perspective about the relationships of these dolphins with each other and with other cetaceans. In this book, new census information and important ecological characteristics are provided of the river dolphins Inia, Sotalia, Pontoporia, Lioptes, and Orcaella. For the first time, molecular and genetic results of theses dolphin species are presented. A compilation of these data is essential if we are to present a strategic conservation plan for these animals. Upon being informed of critical evolutionary historical data, conservation biologists will now be able to tailor their conservation efforts for each threatened river dolphin species. Additionally, new morphological data and the new discoveries in the fossil record for river dolphins are examined. The major dolphin specialists in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, the United States of America, China, and India present their newest results within a single book that graduate students, professors, scientists, evolutionary ecologists, aquatic mammalogists, population ecologists, conservation ecologists, and marine biologists will all find valuable for the foreseeable future.
Dolphins And Whales
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Author : Maurizio Würtz
language : en
Publisher: White Star
Release Date : 2003
Dolphins And Whales written by Maurizio Würtz and has been published by White Star this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Dolphins categories.
After being hunted nearly to the point of extinction, the cetaceans have now become a symbol of the need for marine conservation. Today, dolphins and whales are featured in numerous books and television documentaries, which has allowed people to connect with them. Bringing together the most recent research on cetaceans, this volume provides a scientific grounding to our feelings for these distant relatives of ours. Filled with splendid photographs and drawings, the book describes in realistic detail the fascinating biology and behavior of dolphins and whales. Cetaceans returned to the sea about 60 million years ago, and today, represented by 81 species, they have colonized nearly all the world's oceans and some big rivers in South America and Asia. Dolphins and whales have been the subject of many legends, and so this book begins with the history of how humans have viewed these creatures, and then it explains their evolution. The special features that enable these mammals to live like fish, sometimes being able to swim extremely fast (certain dolphin species travel over 31 mph) or dive unusually deep (sperm whales can dive to depths of 9900 feet) are also discussed, along with such topics as echolocation and language. At the end, readers will find an illustrated guide to the various species. A useful tool as well as a visual delight, Dolphins and Whales will be a valued addition to all ocean-lovers' libraries.
Everything Dolphins
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Author : Elizabeth Carney
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2012
Everything Dolphins written by Elizabeth Carney and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Provides information about different species of dolphins, including anatomy, behavior, and life cycles.
Dolphins
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Author : Ron Hirschi
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Release Date : 2003
Dolphins written by Ron Hirschi and has been published by Marshall Cavendish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of this marine mammal.
Dolphins Our Friends In The Sea
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Author : Judith Rinard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Dolphins Our Friends In The Sea written by Judith Rinard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Before We Leave You
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Author : Patricia Cori
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2011-04-26
Before We Leave You written by Patricia Cori and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-26 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
What if whales and dolphins truly do have a superior intellect, as many believe, and can speak to the human race? What would their message be? In November 2008, gifted clairvoyant Patricia Cori was in Jordan teaching a workshop when a life-changing event occurred. A community of Cetaceans—“a choir of whales and dolphins,” as she describes it—interrupted her talk with a frantic plea for help. Cori was suddenly witness to a devastating scene of suffering, a communal grieving of scores of whales and dolphins “frenzied, lost, and dying.” This was the first of several terrifying calls for help, all of which were immediately followed by mass suicide events as these majestic creatures collectively chose to leave us and our planet. These troubling incidents evolved into the stream of messages for humanity that Cori reveals in this extremely timely work. The whales and dolphins present their deep understanding of our urgent global situation, calling for the human race to restore balance to our ecosystems—especially our dying oceans. For the first time, we read the communications of the Cetaceans and their story of devotion and celebration of life on the Great Planet Earth. We are also given a glimpse of their role in the unfolding of galactic events throughout our solar system, and the message is clear: We must wake up and realize that our continued abuse of the environment is altering the course of Gaia’s progression to the next dimension. Without the whale and dolphin song—without these musicians who hold the oceans in balance—we risk our advancement through the ascension process for which our entire solar system is destined. Before We Leave You is a roadmap to that higher future and a pathway to global transformation. ***NOTE: ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS TITLE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CETACEAN MEDITATIONS CARDS INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR PRINTED VERSION.
Dolphin Diaries
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Author : Denise L. Herzing
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2011-07-05
Dolphin Diaries written by Denise L. Herzing and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-05 with Nature categories.
Dr. Denise Herzing began her research with a pod of spotted dolphins in the 1980s. Now, almost three decades later, she has forged strong ties with many of these individuals, has witnessed and recorded them feeding, playing, fighting, mating, giving birth and communicating. Dolphin Diaries is an account of Herzing's research and her surprising findings on wild dolphin behavior, interaction, and communication. Readers will be drawn into the highs and lows—the births and deaths, the discovery of unique and personalized behaviors, the threats dolphins face from environmental changes, and the many funny and wonderful encounters Denise painstakingly documented over many years. This is the perfect book for anyone who loves these incredibly versatile and intelligent creatures and wants to find out more than the dolphin show at the zoo can offer. Herzing is a true pioneer in her field and deserves a place in the pantheon of naturalists and scientists next to Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall.
Lore Of The Dolphin
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Author : Natalia Burns
language : en
Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Lore Of The Dolphin written by Natalia Burns and has been published by Beyond Words Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Dolphins categories.
Exploring the fascination humans have with dolphins, this collection of stories from ancient times to the present, from the mythical to the personal, exalts this aquatic creature's intelligence, playfulness, and tolerance for humans.