calves, 301
droppings, 300, 301
feeding, 300
finding, 301, 303–4
numbers of, 301
pigmy, 45
whaling, effect upon, 299, 301
whale, grey, 258, 261, 260, 266
barnacles on, 264
calves, 261, 262, 264
feeding, 260
friendliness, 258, 262
hunting of, 261–2
migrations, 260–1
population, 262
swimming with, 263, 264–6
whale, humpback, 285, 286
breaching, 289, 290–2, 293
calves, 293
character, 290
flippers, 288
flukeprint, 294
lobtailing, 285
mating, 291, 293
naming, 293
search for, 290–1
size and colour, 288
song, 286–8
tail breaching, 289
tail markings, 290, 292
wildlife watching, best time for 125–7
World Bank, 54
Yangtze River, 9, 306
Yangtze river dolphin (baiji), 9, 306, 307, 309, 310–11
appearance, 306
extinction of, 309–10
numbers of, 305, 306, 308, 309
Three Gorges Dam and, 306, 308
rescue plan for, 308, 309–10
Zaire, 70, 71, 101 see also Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank the following people for helping to make this project possible:
Lilly Arajova
Myles Archibald
Rachel Ashton
Jane Belson
Dan Bucknell
Betty Carwardine (Mum)
David Carwardine (Dad)
Simon Christopher
John Craven
Jo Crocker
JP Davidson
Adrian Davies
Lindsay Davies
Cathy Dean
Sue Doody
Emily Douglas
Simon Enderby
Suzi Eszterhas
Nick Garbutt
Tim Green
Greg Grivetto
Kes Hillman Smith
Roz Kidman Cox
Richard Klein
Michael Landau
Richard Lewis
Sally Lisk-Lewis
Janet McCann
Don Merton
Haley Miles
Caroline Montgomery
Doreen Montgomery
Sam Organ
Simon & Ange Peers
Ian Redmond
Jo Sarsby
Andre Singer
Ness Smith
Ben Southwell
Michaela Strachan
Miranda Sturgess
Emma Swain
Debra Taylor
Jane Thrift
James Thrift
Simon Watson
Joe Yaggi
And a very special thanks to Stephen Fry, for everything.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Head of Factual & Music
Adrian Davies
Executive Producers
Sam Organ
Andre Singer
Series Producer
Tim Green
Producers / Directors
Tim Green, Ben Southwell and JP Davidson
Assistant Producers
Sue Doody, Emily Douglas and Claire Messenger
Production Manager
Lindsay Davies
Production Assistants
Eleanor Hogan
Emma Samuel
Specialist Researcher
Jess Tombs
Camera
Will Edwards, Sam Gracey, Alan Duxbury,
Robin Cox, Simon Ffrench and Simon Enderby
Sound
Tim A Green, Jake Drake-Brockman and Don Anderson
Editors
Alex Boyle
Paul Burgess
BBC Last Chance to See website
Jo Pearce, Anwen Aspden, Mat Fidell,
Angharad Rhys, Sian Davies, Luke Baker,
Steven Green, Simon Rooney,
Andrew Dudfield, Kieran Bowler
and Takako Tucker
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