The emperors of the depths. Sharks: the most mysterious, underestimated. And the indispensable guards of the ocean
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From the point of view of the evolution of shark older trees, these powerful animals survived five periods of mass extinctions, surpassing the vitality of dinosaurs. Sharks are the necessary link to maintain the balance of marine and oceanic ecosystems: they eat the remains of dead whales, remove from the populations of sick fish, protect algae from turtles and absorb garbage thrown by man into the ocean. But what do we know about their life? The first-a-kind book is based on the data of the latest scientific research and the results of a detailed study of the four types of sharks-a large white shark, shark-maco, akula-young man and a tiger shark. The enthusiast of the preservation of the World Ocean William McKivever travels to the habitats of sharks - from coral reefs in the central part of the Pacific Ocean, where groups of large white sharks, and tropical mangroves where young lemon sharks live, to the cold waters of the North Atlantic, where they live, where they live, where they live 400-year-old Greenland polar sharks, long-livers-record holders among vertebrates. He traces the evolution of the myth of cereal sharks and describes the fatal consequences of their excessive destruction: on average, four people per year dies from the attacks of sharks, but at the same time people kill 100 million sharks. The work of McKiver is a dive into the secrets of sharks and an urgent call to protect them.
“This book is the result of my two -year journey, tribute to sharks as an amazing supernatural, supersensitive navigators, the best allies of man in the world of nature. Thanks to new technologies that allow scientists and marine biologists from all over the world to observe sharks in a completely new way, in recent years we managed to step far in the understanding of these animals: their mysterious behavior, incredible migration tracks, outstanding social skills and even the secrets of their sex life. It is possible that it is the sharks that will become the key to understanding the riddles of the oceans. ” (William McKiver)
“This book is the result of my two -year journey, tribute to sharks as an amazing supernatural, supersensitive navigators, the best allies of man in the world of nature. Thanks to new technologies that allow scientists and marine biologists from all over the world to observe sharks in a completely new way, in recent years we managed to step far in the understanding of these animals: their mysterious behavior, incredible migration tracks, outstanding social skills and even the secrets of their sex life. It is possible that it is the sharks that will become the key to understanding the riddles of the oceans. ” (William McKiver)
Author:
Author:William McKiver
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Comics and Graphic Novels
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Natural sciences
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: New Naturalist
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-17701-7
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