BBC BOOKS

Researching into BBC books, found they all have the BBC book logo which I found. Other examples of BBC books.

Sperm Whale Info Graphic

Looking at ways to show the Spermaceti inside the Sperm whale. In the info graphic. Also an interesting article below on the sperm whales hunting clicks.

http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Animals/Archives/2006/Spying-on-Leviathan.aspx

'Human' Nuerons

This link leads to an article that explains that scientists have found out that Humpback whales brains contain a type of neurones that was previously thought to have been only found in Humans and great apes.

http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/the-brain-of-the-humpback-whale-contains-human-neurons/

Bubble Net

some other diagrams of bubble nets from Humpbacks.

Size Comparison

Found these size comparison charts on line which is something I want to do in an info graphic. I think they work well but having different animals on multiple lines next together doesn't show of the the size as much as when things are in one line.

Info Graphics - Time

Info graphic

Found this info graphic of the sea depth which uses outlines and colours which I may take influence from when I do my info graphics

Simple

I really like the simplicity of this cover. I could use as inspiration for my projects using book covers. Solid cover, type in middle. Boom.

BIG TYPE LOOKS COOL.

Humback song

In 1967, Dr Payne and Scott McVay studied the intricate vocalisations of humpback whales. They realised that they were hearing fixed rhythmic pattern of repeated sounds or songs. Although many other whale species also sing songs and make a variety of noises, the humpback has the longest and most complex songs.

Since this discovery, Dr Payne and colleagues at Ocean Alliance have gathered songs from humpback populations throughout the world. Ocean Alliance’s Whale Song Library now contains more than 1,500 recordings from fourteen different geographic regions. The library totals more than 6,000 hours of sounds and is the largest collection of humpback recordings.

Katharine Payne discovered that all the humpback whales in a given area sing versions of the same song, which changes throughout the course of the season. Following this, Ocean Alliance scientists discovered that although humpback whales in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans follow the same rules to construct their songs, that the changes in the songs for each ocean have occurred independently of changes in other oceans (presumably singers in different oceans cannot hear each other); so that in the same year, the songs in different oceans are different from each other.

It seems, therefore, that songs can be helpful in delineating interbreeding populations of humpback whales.Ocean Alliance maintains libraries of information spanning back to the 1950′s.

Dr. Payne's discovery with colleague Scott McVay in 1967, that the eerie sounds made by the humpback whale were actually complex, recognisable songs, jumpstarted bioacoustics research. He determined that these songs often include rhyme and meter, and he developed a system for transcribing them. Recent data from the US Navy confirms Dr Payne's 1971 theory (with Douglas Webb) that some whale species make sounds that can be heard over hundreds or even thousands of miles. Recent analysis of low frequency sonar data has proven that Payne and Webb were correct - by utilising the special acoustic properties of deep water the sounds of whales can carry great distances. Such long-range signals may serve as beacons when whales are trying to find each other or their isolated breeding grounds. Unfortunately, something which is bad is that with the invention of propeller-driven vessels the subsequent noise pollution has undeniably interfered with whales' long range communication.

These spectrograms are from the VENTS programme.

These spectrograms are from the VENTS programme.

Blue Whale (West Pacific) 0-->40Hz

Blue Whale (North East Pacific) 0-->60Hz

Blue Whale (South Pacific) 0-->40Hz

Blue Whale Interactive

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/blue-whale-interactive/

This interactive website lets the user compare sizes and weights of the blue whale to different things such as humans and man made objects. It also teaches the use about anatomy, behaviour and threats to the endangered whale.

The simple shapes to represent size is a easy communicative tool when trying to show the immense size of the animal.

Beautiful book

This book designed by DU.ST studios has been very well crafted and has a beautiful finish with extra characteristics that have been thought out and make the book look amazing.

Need to consider these sort of ideas for my DC book and Whale publication.

Ocean Giants

BBC's Prodcution 'Ocean Giants' was a amazing, interesting and beautiful 3 part series on large mammal sea creatures including Whales and Dolphins.

Here I found out some information on the people who made it.

I think the type used is rank so I shall do my best to stay away from it.

Music to my Ears

Well this is just the best video ever. Shows how much humans are interested in / love whales. A mariachi band play a little gig for a Beluga whale. It's got 2.4 million view on you tube.

Wonders of the Solar System.

Brilliant book by 'Studio 8' sort of similair to my whale project as they are both for a BBC production. It has really good layout and info graphics which I will take elemtents from.

Book marks

These book marks  have used a good style of illustration and layout which I could take elements from in my design for the Whale project.

Whales