DK Eyewitness Guides: Shark
Miranda MacQuitty(Author)
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
Published on 5. February 1998
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-86318-912-8 (ISBN)
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Description
There is little to rival the grace and beauty of a great white as it cuts its way effortlessly through the water the supreme predator of the ocean. But not all sharks are the sleek and bloody killers depicted in films. Some like the harmless megamouth feed solely on plankton.Learn how sharks have been cruelly hunted why they occasionally attack humans and how swimmers can be protected. Marvel at the frills and patterns of the wobbegong see a fascinating photo-sequence of a swell shark egg as it develops and watch a lemon shark pup as it is born. With a series of stunning full-colour photographs of live sharks many specially commissioned for this book Shark looks in close-up at the fascinating variety of the whole shark family.Filled with amazing facts and outstanding live photography Shark is a unique and informative introduction to the secret lives of these magnificent undersea creatures.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 288 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86318-912-8 (9780863189128)
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Miranda MacQuitty
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08/2002
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Content
Families and relatives; inside the shark; moving through the water; sense organs and electric impulses; photo sequences of mating sharks and laying eggs; birth sequence of young pup; different teeth for different jobs; sharks and their parasites; the great white shark; basking sharks and angel sharks; camouflage; weird and wonderful designs; shark attack!; shark defences; scientists and photographers at work; studying migration; abuse and conservation.