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"Willy, the mighty orca forced to live in captivity... Jesse, the eleven-year-old runaway who never had a real home... Two of a kind, they form a very special friendship. But when Willy's owner decides he's worth more dead than alive, Jesse comes up with a daring plan to save the whale. Can Jesse free Willy before it's too late?"--Cover.
122) A man among orcas
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"In the remote volcanic archipelago of the Crozet Islands, meet David Reichert, a cameraman who has an extraordinary talent to locate, approach, and tame some of the wildest beasts on Earth. Enduring raging winds and icy waters with minimal protection, he enters the intimacy of elephant seals and orcas using clever ethological analyses and gets them used to his presence. Then comes the extraordinary: meet a man who communicates with penguins with...
123) All about orcas
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Eyediscover volume 6
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Did you know that orcas use their fins to keep cool? Orcas are the largest members of the dolphin family. Discover more about these massive mammals in All About Orcas.
124) La orca
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"Esta nueva edición en español analiza los aspectos clave de las orcas y describe la apariencia, el comportamiento y los hábitats de los mamíferos marinos carnívoros. Un cuento popular explica cómo surgieron estas criaturas,"
"This new Spanish edition surveys key aspects of killer whales, describing the carnivorous marine mammals' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains how these creatures came to be,"
125) The killer whale
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Discusses killer whale anatomy, mating practices, hunting techniques, social stuctures, and communication.
127) You again
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"A book nerd, a brainiac science guy, and a misplaced killer whale." Successful author Meghann Quinn and marine biologist Adam Wayne were once high school students together in Shelter Bay. "Two shy geeks didn't have the courage to share their true feelings back then... can two nerds get past their initial insecurity to take a second chance on a once-in-a-lifetime love?"
Successful author Meghann Quinn and marine biologist Adam Wayne were once...
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Sharks first appeared in the oceans about 350 million years ago, long before dinosaurs ever roamed the Earth. Many of the 360 different species of sharks that inhibit the world's waterways are introduced, including the most feared and misunderstood shark of all, the Great White. Orca, the "Killer whale", the top ocean predator, is also examined. Much like packs of wolves, killer whales often hunt together to capture their prey - even Great White's...
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Millions of Free Willy movie enthusiasts have been led to believe that Keiko's return to the wild was a triumph. But according to author Mark A. Simmons, director of the Animal Behavior Team on the Keiko Release Project, the whale's story is one of unnecessary tragedy. Killing Keiko unveils the evolution and collapse of the whale's rehabilitation, covering his final trek across the North Atlantic to his death in Norway.
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In 1910, twelve-year-old Savannah lives with her widowed father on a whaling station in New South Wales, Australia. For generations, the Dawson family has carried on a very unusual way of life there. They use orcas to help them hunt whales. But Savannah believes the orcas hunted something else--her older brothers, who died mysteriously while fishing. Haunted by their deaths, Savannah wants to become a whaler to prove to her father that she's good...
138) El pingüino inventor
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Mientras otros hacen 'pingüinadas', Pingüi da Vinci -el pingüino inventor, como él mismo se llama- construye unas máquinas que no funcionan... ¡de momento! Un día, cuando el último invento de Pingüi -el Buen Pájaro-, se estrella contra el iceberg donde viven los pingüinos, un trozo de hielo queda a la deriva con ellos encima. ¿Podrá Pingüi da Vinci inventar una máquina que los lleve de vuelta a casa?
When one of Chilly da Vinci's inventions...