People impressed by the size of dinosaurs should be really enthralled by whales: These aquatic mammals include the heftiest creatures ever to have lived, and they still share the planet with us.
In his chronicle of the leviathans, British biographer Philip Hoare tells both of his childhood fascination with whales and his recent snorkeling among them. Part travelogue and part history lesson, the book is peppered with facts about all sorts of cetaceans, from diminutive porpoises and unicorn-horned narwhals to massive blue whales.
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