Spying on Whales: The Past, Present and Future of the World’s Largest Animals

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Nick Pyenson. Spying on Whales: The Past, Present and Future of the World’s Largest Animals

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PROLOGUE

1. HOW TO KNOW A WHALE

2. MAMMALS LIKE NO OTHER

3. THE STORIES BONES TELL

4. TIME TRAVEL ON THE FOSSIL WHALE HIGHWAY

5. THE AFTERLIFE OF A WHALE

6. ROCK PICKS AND LASERS

7. CRACKING THE CASE OF CERRO BALLENA

8. THE AGE OF GIANTS

9. THE OCEAN’S UTMOST BONES

10. A DISCOVERY AT HVALFJÖRÐUR

11. PHYSICS AND FLENSING KNIVES

12. THE LIMITS OF LIVING THINGS

13. ARCTIC TIME MACHINES

14. SHIFTING BASELINES

15. ALL THE WAYS TO GO EXTINCT

16. EVOLUTION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

17. WHALEBONE JUNCTION

EPILOGUE

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13. Arctic Time Machines

14. Shifting Baselines

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