People - Marine Mammal Interactions

• Main Author: Mark P. Simmonds (auth)
• Other Authors: Andrew Butterworth (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Bycatch; Whale; Marine Debris; Dolphin; Whaling; Seal; Cetacean society; Human interaction; Culture
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Our relationships with marine mammals are complex. We have used them as resources, and in some places this remains the case; viewed them as competitors and culled them (again ongoing in some localities); been so captivated and intrigued by them that we have taken them into captivity for our entertai...