Book Description
Introduces great white sharks and describes their physical characteristics, their hunting techniques, and why they are important.
Author : Janet Riehecky
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 2009
Category : White shark
ISBN : 1429623152
Introduces great white sharks and describes their physical characteristics, their hunting techniques, and why they are important.
Author : Hunter S. Thompson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2003-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0743250451
The first volume of the Gonzo papers shows the brilliant, ranting observations and cultural commentary of Thompson at his best.
Author : Katherine Roy
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 146688083X
Up close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them—just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge! A few miles from San Francisco lives a population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants dine on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the great white sharks return to California's Farallon Islands to dine on their favorite meal: the seals that live on the island's rocky coasts. Massive, fast, and perfectly adapted to hunting after 11 million years of evolution, the great whites are among the planet's most fearsome, fascinating, and least understood animals. In the fall of 2012, Katherine Roy visited the Farallons with the scientists who study the islands' shark population. She witnessed seal attacks, observed sharks being tagged in the wild, and got an up close look at the dramatic Farallons—a wildlife refuge that is strictly off-limits to all but the scientists who work there. Neighborhood Sharks is an intimate portrait of the life cycle, biology, and habitat of the great white shark, based on the latest research and an up-close visit with these amazing animals.
Author : Ellen Prager
Publisher : Mighty Media, Inc.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,2 MB
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1938063457
After his most klutzy move ever, falling into a pool of sharks, things for Tristan Hunt begin to look up. Tristan is invited to an ocean-themed summer camp in the Florida Keys where he discovers that he and the other young teens there have very special and rare talents when it comes to the ocean. After the camp receives a distress call from ocean animals, Tristan and his new friends get pulled into a daring rescue in the Bahamas. With the help of sharks, dolphins, a quick-escape artist octopus, and some seabird bombers, the campers must use their young talents in an attempt to outwit an evil shark-finning, reef-blasting billionaire.
Author : Kristen Pope
Publisher : Momentum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,10 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Predatory animals
ISBN : 9781634074513
Discover how great white sharks hunt, where they call home, and how they raise their young.
Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Hungry Tomato (R)
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 10,62 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1512459755
Discover how sharks' highly tuned senses enable them to sense vibrations in the water, see in low light, and use their teeth to test if something is food (or not). Text gives a non-sensationalized picture of whether sharks are threat to humans.
Author : Benjamin Tunby
Publisher : LernerClassroom
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 17,14 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1512455954
"This book uses fun, informative text and images to describe the life cycle, characteristics, and habitat of hammerhead sharks."--
Author : Thomas P. Peschak
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 25,83 MB
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 022604792X
At once feared and revered, sharks have captivated people since our earliest human encounters. Children and adults alike stand awed before aquarium shark tanks, fascinated by the giant teeth and unnerving eyes. And no swim in the ocean is undertaken without a slight shiver of anxiety about the very real—and very cinematic—dangers of shark bites. But our interactions with sharks are not entirely one-sided: the threats we pose to sharks through fisheries, organized hunts, and gill nets on coastlines are more deadly and far-reaching than any bite. In Sharks and People acclaimed wildlife photographer Thomas Peschak presents stunning photographs that capture the relationship between people and sharks around the globe. A contributing photographer to National Geographic, Peschak is best known for his unusual photographs of sharks—his iconic image of a great white shark following a researcher in a small yellow kayak is one of the most recognizable shark photographs in the world. The other images gathered here are no less riveting, bringing us as close as possible to sharks in the wild. Alongside the photographs, Sharks and People tells the compelling story of the natural history of sharks. Sharks have roamed the oceans for more than four hundred million years, and in this time they have never stopped adapting to the ever-changing world—their unique cartilage skeletons and array of super-senses mark them as one of the most evolved groups of animals. Scientists have recently discovered that sharks play an important role in balancing the ocean, including maintaining the health of coral reefs. Yet, tens of millions of sharks are killed every year just to fill the demand for shark fin soup alone. Today more than sixty species of sharks, including hammerhead, mako, and oceanic white-tip sharks, are listed as vulnerable or in danger of extinction. The need to understand the significant part sharks play in the oceanic ecosystem has never been so urgent, and Peschak’s photographs bear witness to the thrilling strength and unique attraction of sharks. They are certain to enthrall and inspire.
Author : Ashley Oliphant
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1561648957
This is a basic guide on how to find and identify fossil shark teeth from the coast of the Carolinas. It offers the basic information novices need to get started hunting fossil shark teeth and features an easy-to-use reference section that will allow for speedy identification of species commonly found on the coasts of North and South Carolina.
Author : Carlee Jackson
Publisher : Neon Squid
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,98 MB
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 168449219X
A beautifully illustrated nonfiction story following great whites, hammerheads, whale sharks, and more over the course of one day.