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SHARK: IN PERIL IN THE SEA

by David Owen

Published by Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd.. 1st thus. 2024

Nearly fine condition. Second Revised Edition (first published 2009). Everything necessary to know about these sophisticated guardians of our oceans. B/w drawings and some colour photos. 334 pages.

Slight fading to spine.

ISBN: 9781915115249
Stock no. 1330981

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Glossary
  • 1. Shark Attack: Controversy, Reality, Response
  • 2. Fathoming the Shark: Evolution, Classification
  • 3. Shark Biology: Form and Function
  • 4. The Way of the Shark Roads: Sharks and Indigenous Societies
  • 5. 'This Straunge & Merueylous Fyshe': Sharks and Europeans
  • 6. 'An Incredibly Bountiful Crop': Shark Exploitation
  • 7. Shark Conservation: Problems, Solutions
  • 8. Sharks and Creativity: Visions of Hunter and Hunted
  • 9. 'Creatures of Extremes': Descriptions of Sharks, Rays, Skates and Chimaeras
  • Notes
  • Index

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