
Reviews
Mercado casts Why Whales Sing as a competition between two hypotheses about whale songs—sonar versus mate attraction—but the book's broader message is that unless humans stop degrading and destroying these mammals' habitat, we risk losing not only any chance of understanding their behavior but also a precious animal society.
An accessible and charismatic account of Mercado's quixotic quest to find love for his controversial hypothesis about the function of whale song. You needn't be convinced by his well-articulated and passionately defended argument (although you might well be) to nonetheless be thoroughly charmed by this book.
Book Details
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. Why Whales Sing
2. When Whales Sing
3. Which Whales Sing
4. Where Whales Sing
5. What Whales Sing
6. How Whales Sing
7. Who Hears What
8. For Whom the Whales Toll
9. Within Whales'
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. Why Whales Sing
2. When Whales Sing
3. Which Whales Sing
4. Where Whales Sing
5. What Whales Sing
6. How Whales Sing
7. Who Hears What
8. For Whom the Whales Toll
9. Within Whales' Heads
10. Will Whales Sing?
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Essentials of Echolocation
Further Reading