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Dolphin Days: The Life and Times of the Spinner Dolphin

by Kenneth S. Norris

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A field-based look at spinner dolphins and tuna-net entanglement

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A field-based look at spinner dolphins and tuna-net entanglement

Kenneth S. Norris combines an account of spinner-dolphin behavior with the development of his scientific thinking about their survival at sea. The book examines swimming, feeding, breathing during rough conditions, and defense in an open underwater environment with little cover. It also addresses dolphin deaths associated with tuna fishing, drawing on a voyage aboard a tuna vessel where Norris and colleagues enter the net in search of ways to reduce the harm. Group protection—described here as the “magic envelope”—forms a central idea in the discussion of how dolphins might escape nets unharmed.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in marine-animal behavior
  • Those seeking natural history connected to conservation issues
  • Readers curious about dolphin interactions with tuna fishing

Themes

Spinner dolphinsMarine behaviorScientific fieldworkTuna fishing and bycatchCollective protection

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Book overview

Dr. Norris tells us how the dolphins swim, find food, breathe in rough weather, and how they protect themselves in an underwater world totally without places to hide. Norris shows us how his scientific ideas evolve, takes us on a hair-raising trip aboard a tuna vessel where he and his colleagues dive in the net to search for solutions to the kill, and finally suggests how the "magic envelope," the dolphins' group protection system, might be the key to releasing them unharmed.
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