The life cycle of a whale
By: Bobbie Kalman and Karuna Thal
Contributors: Thal, Karuna
Series: The life cycle series
Publisher: Crabtree Pub. Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778706533; 9780778706830
Subjects: Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Whales; Baleines; Life cycles; Cycles biologiques; Humpback whale; Endangered species; Baleine à bosse; Juvenile literature
Other titles: Whale
Description: Describes the physical characteristics, eating habits, behavior, and migration patterns of humpback whales, large marine mammals that are now an endangered species.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is a whale?; title: Magnificent Humpback; title: What is a life cycle?; title: Great migrations; title: Calf is born; title: Nursing and growing; title: Close to mom; title: Growing calf; title: Its first long trip; title: To the breeding grounds; title: Competing to mate; title: Songs they sing; title: Dangers to whales; title: For the love of whales; title: Glossary and index.