Books published by publisher David McKay Company, Inc.

Quacko is a young bottle-nosed dolphin with a friendly nature and a lively curiosity. During the exciting business of growing up, it becomes clear to him that dolphins are the smartest of all animals. He wonders how other creatures would line up in terms of intelligence. This starts him on a series of adventures--some revealing, some dangerous, many funny; and one, the encounter with the elps, positively fascinating. Something must have gone wrong with the elp. Perhaps it had to do with his spending so much time out of the water. No doubt on dry land there is not much use for intelligence. Pondering all this, and just for fun, Quacko embarks on an experiment which leads him to the conclusion that the elp is somewhat smarter than a pelican and not as smart as an octopus. To humans, Qucko's experiment may not seem very scientific. What is scientific is the description of his activities. Nearly everything he hoes is something dolphins have been observed doing. As yet, nobody knows just what dolphins think, but it may well turn out that they think a lot like Quakco!