{"product_id":"history-of-the-dolphin-nature-and-human-studies-9782384690183","title":"History of the Dolphin","description":"The history of dolphins is one of the most fascinating and instructive in the history of ideas in the western world. Indeed, it provides one of the most illuminating examples of what has probably occurred many times in human culture - a virtually complete loss of knowledge, at least in most segments of the culture, of what was formerly well understood by generations of men. \u003cbr\u003eDolphins are mammals. They belong in the order Cetacea, suborder Odontoceti, family Delphinidae. Within the Delphinidae there are some twenty-two genera and about fifty-five species. The count includes the Killer Whale, the False Killer Whale, the White Whale, and the Pilot Whale, all of which are true dolphins. There are two subfamilies, the Delphinapterinae, consisting of the two genera \u003ci\u003eMonodon monocerus\u003c\/i\u003e, the Narwhal, and \u003ci\u003eDelphinapterus leucas\u003c\/i\u003e, the White Whale or Beluga. These two genera are distinguished by the fact that none of the neck vertebrae are fused, whereas in all remaining genera, embraced in the subfamily Delphininae, at least the first and second neck vertebrae are fused.\u003cbr\u003eIt was Aristotle in his \u003ci\u003eHistory of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (521b) who first classified whales, porpoises, and dolphins as Cetacea, τὰ κήτη οῖον δελφις καὶ φωκαὶνα καὶ φάλαινα. Aristotle's account of the Cetacea was astonishingly accurately written, and quite evidently from firsthand knowledge of these animals...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nature and Human Studies, Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2384690183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782384690183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nature and Human Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.26d","brand":"Nature and Human Studies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616816230655,"sku":"9782384690183","price":9.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e34176d-9b58-45ae-8b24-5f10dd72c4bf.jpg?v=1703022480","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-the-dolphin-nature-and-human-studies-9782384690183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}