Nick Pyenson: Spying on Whales: The Past, Present and Future of the World’s Largest Animals [2018] hardback Condition:New When butter traders invite James

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a deeply satisfying read' Sunday Times

There are no bodies - only the empty spaces which stand as mute memorials to the lives that have been lost

Nick Pyenson: Spying on Whales: The Past, Present and Future of the World’s Largest Animals [2018] hardback Condition:New When butter traders invite JamesWhales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. We have hunted them for thousands of years and scratched their icons into our mythologies. They simultaneously fill us with waves of terror, awe and affection yet we know hardly anything about them. Whales tend to only enter our awareness when they die, struck by a ship or stranded in the surf. They evolved from land roaming, dog like creatures