All the LATEST FACTS From the Field National Geographic KiDS Absolute Expert DOLPHINS Jennifer Swanson With National Geographic Explorer Justine Jackson-Ricketts NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Washington D C
CHAPTER CHAPTER CONTENTS FOREWORD by National Geographic Explorer Justine Jackson-Ricketts 6 Conservation 29 Dolphin Deep Dive Design a Dolphin Study 30 2 Dolphins Inside and Out 32 Expert Introduction 34 Flex Your Pecs 36 High-Top Calling Card 37 An Up-Close Look at an Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 38 Don’t Forget the Peduncle 40 Flap That Fluke 42 The Skin They’re In 42 Layers of Blubber 43 Has Anyone Seen a Dolphin 44 The Eyes Have It 44 Take a Look at Those Chompers 44 Getting Beaky With It 45 A Nose Is a Nose Or Is It 45 Chatting Up Your Friends 46 Navigating by Sound 46 A Head for Echolocation 48 Fish Reef or Predator 49 Brain Power 50 1 Meet the Dolphins 8 Expert Introduction 10 All in the Family 13 Calling All Cetaceans 15 Have Teeth Join the Pod 16 Whales With Plates Stand Alone 17 Species of Dolphin 18 River Dolphins 18 Porpoise Cousins 19 A Whale of a Relation 21 Where to Find Dolphins 22 At Home With Dolphins 24 Intelligent Creatures of the Deep 25 Bet You Didn’t Know 26 Keeping Our Oceans Healthy 28
CHAPTER CHAPTER Food for Thought 51 But I’m Still Hungry 52 You Are What You Eat 52 Follow That Isotope 55 Dolphin Deep Dive Move Like a Dolphin 56 Learning From Captive Dolphins 79 Back to the Wild 81 Dolphin Deep Dive Dolphin Detection 82 3 A Dolphin’s World 58 Expert Introduction 60 Home Is Where the Pod Is 62 What’s Your Dolphin Personality 64 Leader of the Pod 66 Keeping Guard 66 Group Feeding 67 Bubbles and Balls 69 Using Tools to Capture Food 69 Being Social 70 To the Rescue 72 Capturing Dolphins in the Wild 72 Training Dolphins 75 Target and Recall 75 Keeping Them Healthy 77 Breeding Dolphins 78 The Debate Over Captivity 78 4 Dolphins and Humans Together 84 Expert Introduction 86 Fossil Finds 88 Humans and Dolphins Today 89 Listening In 91 Military Helpers 92 Dangers in the Wild 96 Problems With Overfishing 97 Temperatures on the Rise 98 Pollution Problems 101 Chemical Pollution 101 Tracking Trace Elements 103 YOU Can Help 104 Dolphin Deep Dive Beach Cleanup 106 INDEX 109 PHOTO CREDITS 111
