Takes readers under the sea on a journey of discovery, featuring stories of sea serpents, mermaids, sea dragons, and all manner of unusual underwater animals along the way.
Takes readers under the sea on a journey of discovery, featuring stories of sea serpents, mermaids, sea dragons, and all manner of unusual underwater animals along the way.
Michael Bright worked as an executive producer with the BBC's world-renowned Natural History Unit, based in Bristol. He is the author of over a hundred books on wildlife, travel and conservation, including Sharks, Wild Caribbean and the bestselling Africa, which accompanied the popular David Attenborough series. He is the recipient of many international radio and television awards, including the prestigious Prix Italia.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction ix Extraordinary ocean events 1 Holy flying ... what! 8 Mermaids ahoy 13 The ocean's oldest and youngest inhabitants 21 Living fossils 27 Speedsters 35 Deepest divers 40 Zones of the open ocean 45 Trouble in the sunlight zone 47 In the faint glow of the twilight zone 49 In the inky darkness of the midnight zone 53 Deep down in the abyss 60 In the deepest deeps 65 Raining down from above 68 Deep-sea hot springs 72 Deep-sea anomaly 76 Cold seeps 78 Below the seabed 81 Deep-sea giants 84 Odd sharks 87 Monster shark 92 Baskers 95 White death 97 Ocean's dustbin 104 Sniff 'n' snack 106 The adaptable bull shark 110 Sharks that bite people 113 Deadly jellies 117 The ocean's most venomous animals 125 Tales of whales 129 Toothed whales 139 Wolves of the sea 144 Flipper and friends 148 Violent killers 151 Jonah and the whale 153 More men overboard 159 Jonah, the whale and reality 161 Jonah and the shark 165 Jonah and a monster shark 178 Kraken uncovered 183 The world's biggest invertebrates 186 All head and arms 190 Size is everything 196 Clever crustaceans 199 On the rocks 206 Mud, mud, glorious mud 212 Coral reef characters 217 Heads or tails? 227 Coral reef valet service 229 Fish tales 232 Birds at sea 236 Performing seals 241 Well-travelled seals 244 Turtle travels 246 Miscellany of maritime mysteries 250 Sea monkey 251 Mermen explained 255 On the high seas 257 North Atlantic sighting 259 Newfoundland mysteries 261 South Devon predator 263
Introduction ix Extraordinary ocean events 1 Holy flying ... what! 8 Mermaids ahoy 13 The ocean's oldest and youngest inhabitants 21 Living fossils 27 Speedsters 35 Deepest divers 40 Zones of the open ocean 45 Trouble in the sunlight zone 47 In the faint glow of the twilight zone 49 In the inky darkness of the midnight zone 53 Deep down in the abyss 60 In the deepest deeps 65 Raining down from above 68 Deep-sea hot springs 72 Deep-sea anomaly 76 Cold seeps 78 Below the seabed 81 Deep-sea giants 84 Odd sharks 87 Monster shark 92 Baskers 95 White death 97 Ocean's dustbin 104 Sniff 'n' snack 106 The adaptable bull shark 110 Sharks that bite people 113 Deadly jellies 117 The ocean's most venomous animals 125 Tales of whales 129 Toothed whales 139 Wolves of the sea 144 Flipper and friends 148 Violent killers 151 Jonah and the whale 153 More men overboard 159 Jonah, the whale and reality 161 Jonah and the shark 165 Jonah and a monster shark 178 Kraken uncovered 183 The world's biggest invertebrates 186 All head and arms 190 Size is everything 196 Clever crustaceans 199 On the rocks 206 Mud, mud, glorious mud 212 Coral reef characters 217 Heads or tails? 227 Coral reef valet service 229 Fish tales 232 Birds at sea 236 Performing seals 241 Well-travelled seals 244 Turtle travels 246 Miscellany of maritime mysteries 250 Sea monkey 251 Mermen explained 255 On the high seas 257 North Atlantic sighting 259 Newfoundland mysteries 261 South Devon predator 263
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