The Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico describes the marine creatures of the Gulf with numerous color photos and paintings by artist Larry Foster.
Sketches provide dorsal, ventral and lateral views.
It covers about 1.5 million square kilometers opening to the Atlantic Ocean at the narrow Straits of Florida to the east. From these remains alone, the untrained observer might find it difficult to imagine that these animals had lived sophisticated social lives and that they experienced kinship and friendship relationships similar to those of all social mammals. All rights reserved.