Norris, Kenneth Stafford

Norris, Kenneth Stafford
▪ 1999

      American marine naturalist and educator whose pioneering work with marine mammals, particularly dolphins, transformed their study into a modern science and led to the verification of echolocation, a process in which sound transmission is used by dolphins to see (b. Aug. 11, 1924, Los Angeles, Calif.—d. Aug. 16, 1998, Santa Cruz, Calif.).

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