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Describes whales, dolphins, seals, and other marine mammals, their habitats, means of communication, and family life. Marine mammals; Whale evolution; Whales big and small; Inside the whale; Seals and sea lions; Suited to life in the sea; Ocean giants; Teeth for grasping...; ... and baleen for filtering; Clicks, barks and songs; Courtship and birth; Social life; Dolphins and porpoises; The killer whale; The amazing narwhal; The sperm whale; The elephant seal; I am the walrus; Sea cows; Hunting the mighty whale; Whaling in the 20th century; Oils, brushes and corsets; seal hunting; Myths and legends; Strandings and whale watching; Fishing and pollution; Studying sea mammals; Save the whale! (conservation); Did you know?; Who’s who; Find out more; Glossary.