Marine Mammals: the Evolving Human Factor

Marine Mammals: the Evolving Human Factor
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 478
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ISBN-10 : 9783030981006
ISBN-13 : 3030981002
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Book Synopsis Marine Mammals: the Evolving Human Factor by : Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara

Download or read book Marine Mammals: the Evolving Human Factor written by Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh volume in the series “Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals” describes aspects of the often-complex relationship between humans and marine mammals. From a primeval condition of occasional predators, during the last century humans have become a major factor negatively affecting the status of most marine mammals through over-hunting, habitat encroachment and environmental degradation. This has led to the extirpation of many marine mammal populations and even to the extinction of species. However, in parallel to this destructive drive, since antiquity humanity has been influenced by a strong fascination for marine mammals, which contributes today to an increased human appreciation of the natural world admixed with widespread concern for its degrading condition. The special status occupied by marine mammals in human imagination and affection stands in stark contrast with the current predicament of many populations still threatened by the doings of Homo sapiens: a condition emblematic of the relationship of humanity with nature, and key to understanding where humanity is heading.


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