Ocean Book of the Month
Every month, The Ocean Project highlights a book focused on our blue planet or environmental sustainability. Books for all age groups will be covered, non-fiction and fiction, prose and poetry. If you have a suggestion, please let us know.
Souls in the Sea
by Scott Taylor
Austrailian Scott Taylor has devoted his life to studying dolphins and whales. In Souls in the Sea, he presents the case for investigating dolphins and whale quality of life as we project the quality of our own lives into the future. The author discusses the portrayal of dolphins and whales in literature, legend, and the Judeo-Christian heritage, and reviews the military's sinister use of dolphins. Color and black and white photos and illustrations add to this celebration of the lives of large marine mammals.
The booklounge writes:
Dolphins have long been attributed with intelligence, but do they have souls? Self-awareness? Compassion? Scott Taylor, Director of the Cetacean Studies Institute, investigates the history, mythology, and science surrounding these creatures and emerges with a resounding yes. And not only do whales and dolphins merit our attention and respect in their own right: they are an index to what our future as a species can be.
In this multi-faceted cetology compendium, Taylor surveys the portrayal of dolphins and whales in works of literature as disparate as Moby Dick and Sumerian legend, examines biologist John Lilly's research on interspecies communication, and explores the benefits of dolphin-assisted swimming therapy for disabled children and adults. Looking at the world from the perspective of one of these "souls in the sea," Taylor suggests that cetaceans are an ideal bridge between humanity and nature. Poetically written and thoughtfully illustrated with photos and drawings, Souls in the Sea is a comprehensive celebration of the biology, history, and mystique of dolphins and whales.
This book should motivate and inspire us to consider our large mammal cousins of the sea.
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