Sharks

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SHARKS
This is the true story of sharks: the fascinating details of their lives and habits; the full extent of their strange senses; the terrible tales of attacks on people. Complete with an amazing collection of nearly 400 photographs, drawings and diagrams - most in full colour - this book reveals a world of savage beauty.
READER'S DIGEST
SHA-R/IiS
The truth about the worlds most feared creature.
Few people can suppress a shudder of horror at the mention of sharks. The popular image is of a sinister, implacable hunter, endlessly cruising the world's oceans in search of human prey; it is of a knife-edged dorsal fin, razor-sharp teeth,' foaming water and crimson blood.
The truth is different. Most sharks do not eat humans, and even those that do have probably made a mistake, and thought they had caught a seal instead. In most attacks on humans the shark loses interest and swims off after only one bite.
Nearly 350 species of sharks live in the oceans of the world, ranging in... Tovább

Fülszöveg

SHARKS
This is the true story of sharks: the fascinating details of their lives and habits; the full extent of their strange senses; the terrible tales of attacks on people. Complete with an amazing collection of nearly 400 photographs, drawings and diagrams - most in full colour - this book reveals a world of savage beauty.
READER'S DIGEST
SHA-R/IiS
The truth about the worlds most feared creature.
Few people can suppress a shudder of horror at the mention of sharks. The popular image is of a sinister, implacable hunter, endlessly cruising the world's oceans in search of human prey; it is of a knife-edged dorsal fin, razor-sharp teeth,' foaming water and crimson blood.
The truth is different. Most sharks do not eat humans, and even those that do have probably made a mistake, and thought they had caught a seal instead. In most attacks on humans the shark loses interest and swims off after only one bite.
Nearly 350 species of sharks live in the oceans of the world, ranging in size from the 150-mm (5.9-in) dwarf shark to the 18-m (59-ft) whale shark-the largest of all fish. This extraordinary group of animals includes the nightmarish goblin shark, a bizarre denizen of the deep ocean; the giant Greenland shark which was once hunted by Eskimos; and the cookiecutter shark which emits a vivid green light from its belly and got its name from its strange eating habits.
This is the complete story of these strange and terrible creatures, told in the most thorough, authoritative, popular book on the subject yet published. You will find out about the shark's unique senses, how sharks live, where they are found, how they mate, how far they travel and what they eat. You will learn the truth about the sharks we fear most - the deadly great white, which has been blamed for more attacks than any other species; the gluttonous tiger and the bull shark, which has been found 3700 km (2300 miles) up the Amazon!
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