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Orca: The Whale Called Killer
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4.2 out of 5
Based on 20 Ratings and 9 Reviews

Book Description
"Hoyt's passionate sense of kinship with orca makes his account effective as both a science and literature. He has chronicled his adventures and discoveries ...with grace, insight, wit--and a comprehensiveness that might satisfy even Herman Melville."
(Discover Magazine)

Star performers in aquariums and marine parks, killer whales were once considered to be too dangerous to a... More
Book Information
PublisherCamden House Pub
BindingPaperback (7 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages287
ISBN-100920656293
ISBN-13978-0920656297
Publication Date05/1990
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About Erich Hoyt (Author) : Erich Hoyt is a scientist and conservationist who has worked with whales and dolphins in Russia, Japan, Iceland, Canada, the Caribbean, Chile, Indonesia and many other countries. He has published 17 b... more
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