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[szerkesztés] Cetek
Herman Melville The hunting of whales is the subject of one of the classics of the English language literary canon, Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Melville classed whales as "a spouting fish with a horizontal tail", despite science suggesting otherwise the previous century. Melville acknowledged "the grounds upon which Linnaeus would fain have banished the whales from the waters" but says that when he presented them to "my friends Simeon Macey and Charley Coffin, of Nantucket ... they united in the opinion that the reasons set forth were altogether insufficient. Charley profanely hinted they were humbug." Melville's book is an extraordinary work, part adventure story, part metaphysical allegory, and part natural history; it is essentially a complete summary of nineteenth-century knowledge about the biology, ecology and cultural significance of whales.
Capture A big attraction for ocean parks and zoos is keeping captured small whales, mostly dolphins. Because of their learning ability, they are also used by the military for marine warfare.
See also
- Cetacea (contains a species list)
- Baleen whale
- Toothed whale
- Dorsal fin
- Whaling
- International Whaling Commission
- Exploding whale
- Whale fall
Further reading
- Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises by Mark Carwardine, published by Dorling Kindersley, 2000. ISBN 0-7513-2781-6. Introductory guide to cetaceans.
Külső hivatkozások
- Oldest whale fossil confirms amphibious origins
- Greenpeace - anti-whaling site
- High North Alliance - pro-whaling site
- Cetacea
- Whale Evolution
- Whale and Dolphin images
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