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Author: Sondra Simone Segundo
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Published: 2014-02
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9780985312954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this story adapted from Haida tales, a girl who is born with eyes like no other has a special affinity for the water and the creatures who live there. When she is lost to the sea one day, her people are heartbroken until they encounter the wonder that has occurred.
Author: Sondra S. Segundo
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Published: 2013
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ISBN-13: 9781301831777
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"I was born into the Haida Double Fin Killer Whale Crest and Raven Clan. Killer Whale Eyes is inspired by the story of how my family's Double Fin Killer Whale crest came to be. I changed some things out of respect for other Double Fins but the book and art still carry on our culture's ancient and mythical style of storytelling.An important note: Haida elders from our village translated the words of the song in Killer Whale Eyes into the Alaskan Haida dialect, a dying language. Soon after translating the song, my uncle Miijuu passed in March 2011 at the age of 100 and my auntie Viola passed on Dec. 2011 at age 85. It's always sad when one of the pure language speakers passes on. That is why I have this drive to continue to write songs and learn the language.Killer Whale Eyes poured out of me during a time of healing and transformation in my life. I created a tune to the song that I now perform at book readings and cultural performances. I honor my elders in this way. I hope you enjoy my book as much as I enjoyed creating it!"~Sondra Simone Segundo
Author: Sondra Simone Segundo
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2019-08-08
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781791561017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this story adapted from Haida tales, a girl who is born with eyes like no other has a special affinity for the water and the creatures who live there. When she is lost to the sea one day, her people are heartbroken until they encounter the wonder that has occurred.
Author: Patricia McConnell, Ph.D.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2009-02-19
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0307489183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn to communicate with your dog—using their language “Good reading for dog lovers and an immensely useful manual for dog owners.”—The Washington Post An Applied Animal Behaviorist and dog trainer with more than twenty years’ experience, Dr. Patricia McConnell reveals a revolutionary new perspective on our relationship with dogs—sharing insights on how “man’s best friend” might interpret our behavior, as well as essential advice on how to interact with our four-legged friends in ways that bring out the best in them. After all, humans and dogs are two entirely different species, each shaped by its individual evolutionary heritage. Quite simply, humans are primates and dogs are canids (as are wolves, coyotes, and foxes). Since we each speak a different native tongue, a lot gets lost in the translation. This marvelous guide demonstrates how even the slightest changes in our voices and in the ways we stand can help dogs understand what we want. Inside you will discover: • How you can get your dog to come when called by acting less like a primate and more like a dog • Why the advice to “get dominance” over your dog can cause problems • Why “rough and tumble primate play” can lead to trouble—and how to play with your dog in ways that are fun and keep him out of mischief • How dogs and humans share personality types—and why most dogs want to live with benevolent leaders rather than “alpha wanna-bes!” Fascinating, insightful, and compelling, The Other End of the Leash is a book that strives to help you connect with your dog in a completely new way—so as to enrich that most rewarding of relationships.
Author: Jason Michael Colby
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0190673095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on interviews, official records, private archives, and the author's own family history, this is the definitive story of how the feared and despised "killer" became the beloved "orca", and what that has meant for our relationship with the ocean and its creatures
Author: David Kirby
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012-07-17
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 125000831X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of Harm and Animal Factory—a groundbreaking scientific thriller that exposes the dark side of SeaWorld, America's most beloved marine mammal park Death at SeaWorld centers on the battle with the multimillion-dollar marine park industry over the controversial and even lethal ramifications of keeping killer whales in captivity. Following the story of marine biologist and animal advocate at the Humane Society of the US, Naomi Rose, Kirby tells the gripping story of the two-decade fight against PR-savvy SeaWorld, which came to a head with the tragic death of trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010. Kirby puts that horrific animal-on-human attack in context. Brancheau's death was the most publicized among several brutal attacks that have occurred at Sea World and other marine mammal theme parks. Death at SeaWorld introduces real people taking part in this debate, from former trainers turned animal rights activists to the men and women that champion SeaWorld and the captivity of whales. In section two the orcas act out. And as the story progresses and orca attacks on trainers become increasingly violent, the warnings of Naomi Rose and other scientists fall on deaf ears, only to be realized with the death of Dawn Brancheau. Finally he covers the media backlash, the eyewitnesses who come forward to challenge SeaWorld's glossy image, and the groundbreaking OSHA case that challenges the very idea of keeping killer whales in captivity and may spell the end of having trainers in the water with the ocean's top predators.
Author: Eva Saulitis
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2013-01-15
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0807014362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScience entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, she has been drawn deeply into the lives of a single extended family of endangered orcas struggling to survive in Prince William Sound. Over the course of a decades-long career spent observing and studying these whales, and eventually coming to know them as individuals, she has, sadly, witnessed the devastation wrought by the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989—after which not a single calf has been born to the group. With the intellectual rigor of a scientist and the heart of a poet, Saulitis gives voice to these vital yet vanishing survivors and the place they are so loyal to. Both an elegy for one orca family and a celebration of the entire species, Into Great Silence is a moving portrait of the interconnectedness of humans with animals and place—and of the responsibility we have to protect them.
Author: Jennifer O'Connell
Publisher: Tilbury House Nature Book
Published: 2016-03-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780884483953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn a cool December morning near San Francisco, a distress call was radioed to shore by a local fisherman. He had discovered a humpback whale tangled in hundreds of yards of crab-trap lines, struggling to stay afloat. A team of volunteers answered the call, and four divers risked their lives to rescue the enormous animal. It was the first successful whale disentanglement performed off the West Coast of the United States and prompted a rare and remarkable demonstration of animal behavior. This celebrated story, beautifully depicted in Jennifer O'Connells mesmerizing paintings, will make you wonder about animal emotions and the unique connections we can have with other animals, seven whales. To research The Eye of the Whale, Jennifer traveled to San Francisco where she met Captain Mick Menigoz and rode his rescue boat, Superfish, out into the Pacific Ocean to the area where the events in the book took place. This experience fueled her inspiration as she created the images and words of this extraordinary story.
Author: Mark Leiren-Young
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2019-09-03
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1459819993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrcas are found in every ocean on the planet, but can they survive their relationship with humans? Orcas Everywhere looks at how humans around the world (Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike) related to orcas in the past, how we relate to them now and what we can do to keep cetacean communities alive and thriving. The book deals with science, philosophy, environmentalism and ethics in a kid-friendly and accessible way. Writer, filmmaker and orca activist Mark Leiren-Young takes us back to when killer whales were considered monsters and examines how humans went from using orcas for target practice to nearly loving them to death. If you know a young person who loves Free Willy or Finding Nemo, they will fall in love with these whales.
Author: Sandra Markle
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 0761341773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents information on the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of killer whales, with an emphasis on how they hunt.
