Dolphins

by Tim Cahill

Provides highlights of the work done by three leading scientists in the field of dolphin research

Genres: Animals

228 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Tim Cahill (born 1944 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a travel writer who lives in Livingston, Montana, United States. He is a founding editor of Outside magazine and currently serves as an "Editor at Large" for the magazine.

Reviews

[Rosa]

This book follows Tim Cahill as he learns more about dolphins in the wild. Cahill meets Kathleen Dudzinski, a marine scientist who's life work is to study dolphin sounds. He follows Kathleen from the Bahamas, to Japan, to Patagonia, where she does her own research, as well as work for an IMAX film to better understand many things about dolphins, including their eating and mating habits. Cahill is a wonderful writer, he includes humor, wit and intelligence in his writing. He brings the reader with him on his journey, describing not only the scenery and the societies, but also the feel of the ocean and the descriptions of the dolphins. He does a great job painting dolphins as three-dimensional creatures. They are highly intelligent mammals who communicate with each other. He also shows the other sides to dolphins that we don't get to see in the media, such as their ability to bully and kill almost for fun.

I am not usually into nonfiction, but I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys Tim Cahill or wants to learn more about dolphins.

[Kayla]

this non fiction book called dolphins is about dolphins life in the ocean and how they live their life day to day. this is a great book to read to the class once you start talking about mammals and the ocean.

[Kaylan Nurse]

This book is about dolphins. There are small facts about dolphins that students may want to know. How they swim, what they eat, and about their life at sea. I would use this book in my class for children doing research on sea animals.

[Courtney]

this was a non fiction book that told facts about dolphins, as well whales and where their from.

[Tsejin]

I love dolphins even more now!!!

[Thea]

Miss his voice

[Hairfashion Bows]

I like this book