WHALES AND DOLPHINES OF FUJAIRAH AND THE ARABIAB REGION

The whales and dolphins found in the Arabian region are among the most fascinating and least known of the world’s cetaceans. This lavishly illustrated cornerstone volume offers a glimpse into their maritime domain and introduces the 22 species formally recorded in Arabian waters to date, with an emphasis on the 12 species confirmed to occur off Fujairah.

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Of all of the mammals that occur in the Emirate of Fujairah, the largest and most numerous live in the sea. Relatively little is known about them, owing to a relative lack of study until recent years, but they include both large whales and coastal and offshore dolphins. Like all mammals, they are air-breathing, and, being wholly aquatic, they also eat, sleep, reproduce and suckle their young at sea. Their environment is challenging for a mammal, not only because of the need to breathe regularly, but also due to other factors such as the physiological demands of a highly saline environment. Whales and dolphins are consequently highly specialised, and although their origins are cow-like land mammals, they more superficially resemble fish, with their streamlined bodies, and flippers and tail flukes that enable efficient movement through the water.