Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us

Orcas are one of Earth’s most intelligent animals. Benign and gentle, with their own languages and cultures, orcas’ amazing capacity for long-term memory and, arguably, compassion, makes the ugly story of the captive-orca industry especially damning. In the tradition of Barry Lopez’s classic , David Neiwert’s book is a powerful tribute to one of the animal kingdom’s most remarkable members.