| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 270 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- In the cage off South Australia -- 2. Close and distant relatives -- 3. Megalodon : a giant ancient relative -- Megamouth : a bizarre recent discovery -- 4. The size of the great white shark -- Shark spotting from the air -- In search of the Azores giant -- The smallest white shark -- 5. Morphology and biology, or form and function -- The massively destructive first bite -- Taking the shark's temperature -- 6. Food and feeding -- The bite-an-spit hypothesis -- But who eats the apex predator? -- 7. Distribution of the great white shark -- 8. The white shark attacks -- The bull shark -- Of seals and surfboards -- 9. Fishing for the white shark --- 10. The white shark in captivity -- Sandy's visit to the Steinhart Aquarium -- 11. The predator as protagonist -- The "Jaws" phenomenon -- 12. Can we save the great white shark? -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index. |
| Subject |
White shark.
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| Indexed Term |
Sharks |
| Added Author |
McCosker, John E.
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|
Giddings, Al, 1937-
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| ISBN |
0060164514 (cloth : acid-free paper) : 50.00 (Canada $67.50) |
|
0804725292 paperback |
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