Fellowship of the humpback whales / director, Ross Isaacs ; writer, Michael Bright ; producers, Stan Esecson, Ross Isaacs, Michelle Addington ; produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced by Ocean Planet Images and YNR Marketing.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | Chicago, IL : New Dimension Media, [2011] |
| Description | 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Isaacs, Ross. |
| Other author/creator | Bright, Michael. |
| Other author/creator | Esecson, Stan. |
| Other author/creator | Addington, Michelle. |
| Other author/creator | Abraham, F. Murray. |
| Other author/creator | Australian Broadcasting Corporation. |
| Other author/creator | Ocean Planet Images (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | YNR Marketing (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | New Dimension Media, Inc. |
| Series | Nature science education Nature science education. ^A1018457 |
| Contents | Humpback breeding grounds -- Other ocean preditors -- Migration and feeding behaviors -- Flukes & flippers : home again. |
| Abstract | "Competition and cooperation in biological behavior are highilighted ... We first see a humpback cow with a protective male escort, nurturing her calf off the coast of Hawaii, while the largest bulls compete to mate with other fertile females. Soon, the entire pod migrates thousands of miles to Alaska for herring, krill and plankton to eat, revealing surprising feeding cooperation. Along the way, they communicate through their eerie, melodious songs and sounds from breaches and water slaps with flippers and flukes. Their story comes full circle as the pod migrates back to warmer breeding waters, and the mother abandons her no-autonomous calf. Her biological signals have attracted males eager to fight each other and to mate with her again"--Container. |
| General note | "Adapted for classroom use from Fellowship of the whales"--Container. |
| General note | Originally produced as an episode of the public television program Nature in 2009. |
| General note | Teacher's guide printed on the inside of the container wrapper. |
| Credits | Editor, Andy Netley ; director of photography, Bill Holshevnikoff ; music, Barnaby Taylor, William Goodchild. |
| Performer | Narrator, F. Murray Abraham. |
| Interest grade level | 7-12 New Dimension Media. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Genre/form | Nature television programs. |
| Genre/form | Wildlife television programs. |
| Genre/form | Educational television programs. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction television programs. |
| Genre/form | Short films. |
| Other title | Nature (Television program) |
| Other title | Fellowship of the whales. |
| ISBN | 9781607210733 |
| ISBN | 1607210738 |
| UPC | 033937245961 |
| Publisher number | 24596 New Dimension Media |