It was a BBC documentary on great white sharks visiting California's Farallon Islands that turned Susan Casey from an editor of adventure and outdoors stories in such magazines as Outside to a journalist obsessed with an outdoors adventure of her own. In her Amazon.com interview, Casey recalls the fascinations and the follies of her time with the sharks in the Farallones and discusses everything from the ethics of adventure journalism to the stunning silence and size of nature's perfect predators. And in her answers to the Significant Seven (the seven questions we like to ask every author), she reveals her admiration for both Joseph Mitchell and Johnny Knoxville (once you've read her book, both choices seem appropriate).
The outer edge of the fearsome Maintop Bay, a spooky, boat-eating stretch of water that makes everyone uneasy. Not surprisingly, the sharks seem to love it. (Susan Casey) |
An 18-foot shark investigates a 6-foot surfboard. (Peter Pyle) |
A shark attack at the Farallones is not usually a subtle event. (Peter Pyle) |
Scot Anderson (in orange) observes a feeding. Also in the boat are director Paul Atkins and cinematographer Peter Scoones of the BBC film crew that visited the Farallones in 1993 to film The Great White Shark. (Peter Pyle) |
The Farallones researchers see some action from a shark named Bluntnose. (Peter Pyle) |
An unquiet cove: Just Imagine (Casey's temporary home) at its moorage in Fisherman's Bay, 150 yards west of Tower Point and 200 yards east of Sugarloaf. (Susan Casey) |
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Since Jaws scared a nation of moviegoers out of the water three decades ago, great white sharks have attained a mythical status as the most frightening and mysterious monsters to still live among us. Each fall, just twenty-seven miles off the San Francisco coast, in the waters surrounding a desolate rocky island chain, the worlds largest congregation of these fearsome predators gathers to feed. Journalist Susan Casey first saw the great whites of the Farallones in a television documentary. Within months, she was sitting with the programs two scientists in a small motorboat as the sharkssome as long as twenty feet, as wide as a semitrailercircled around them. From this first encounter, Casey became obsessed with these awe-inspiring creatures, and a plan was hatched for her to join the scientists and follow their research. The Devils Teeth is the riveting account of that one fateful shark season. An exhilarating adventure story, The Devils Teeth offers a glimpse into a violent, uncivilized world ruled by natures most powerful and mysterious predators, a world where man is neither wanted nor needed.
Customer Reviews:
Great topic but self absorbed writer.......2007-09-22
Positives: stories about history of the Farallones and too-brief summaries of scientific information about white sharks.
Negatives: way, way too much information about her own personal struggles. Also, she seems to semi-idolize the scientists in a way that struck me as groupie-like: "He was a striking person, in his early thirties and athletically built, with jet-black hair and dark eyes and a smile that could light up a small midwestern city."
The author picked a great subject, and was clearly willing to do whatever it took to get a story, but she would have been better served by focusing more of her attention on the sharks and the islands. Nothing that happened to her personally seemed all that interesting to me.
Disappointing.......2007-09-20
- Subject: fascinating
- Author's writing style: disjointed and self-focused anecdotes
- Tone of writing: whiny
- Wanted to put it down after 20 pages.
- Despite effort to get through it, did put it down about halfway through.
the book you buy for everybody you know.......2007-09-12
I'm stunned that anybody gave this book less than five stars. Seriously. It's not just a story about sharks hovering around an inhospitable island like savage school buses, tearing apart unhappy sea lions and bubbling up buckets of frothy blood for three months out of the year -- it's an adventure tale, it's a biological mystery, and ... i suspect it's a love story. sharks, yachts, desert islands, divers, journalists ... it's hard to come up with a more gripping page turner. It's one of those books that you give to everybody you know. "Oh, it's your birthday is it, Horace, well, I know what you're getting! Har har har!" And so far, nobody's come back with less than a face of pallid horror, clutching my shirt and saying "I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!!" -- really. it's that good.
Good read.......2007-07-23
I just picked up this book in a discount bookstore in Orlando while on vacation for 4$ not expecting it to be such a great book. While learning about both the animal and natural world, I got to revel in Susan's destruction (of both herself as well as about anything she touched). She is the classic white hunter of years past. In short, it was extreme and I loved it. I recommend folks read it - but only with the attitude of looking for entertainment value.
Not a good ending.......2007-06-11
And not because of anything the sharks do.
Read between the lines and the obsession is not what the author claims. Not a bad first half, but, as other reviewers point out, the latter part of the book is an example of journalist endeavors gone wrong.
Did not leave me happy I had read it. There are too many great books to waste time on anything less.
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More than 15 sound buttons guide children through this interactive storybook as a star character leads the way. An interactive game and game board are included for extra playtime fun.
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A sea of fun for young tots.......2005-08-05
Very interactive with young tots who love the sea creatures
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Are you ready for a scintillating seahorse fact? The father seahorse is the one who carries the mother's eggs around in his pouch before they hatch. In Mister Seahorse, master collage artist Eric Carle teaches preschoolers this lesson and introduces them to a few other fish who bear the traditionally maternal burden of caring for eggs: the stickleback, tilapia, Kurtus nurseryfish (known here as Mr. Kurtus), pipefish, and bullhead catfish. As ever, it's Carle's art that steals the show. Cut-up tissue paper soaks up the watery paint and makes for a boldly colorful, almost jewel-like undersea journey. The story? Well, repetition is the heart of instruction, after all.
Most of Carle's books employ some sort of gizmo or gadget--and this one is no exception. Here, for a splendid lesson in camouflage, colorful acetate sheets mask marine life that is revealed as the child turns the page. Children may take comfort in the devotion of these undersea fathers...except perhaps at the very end when the father seahorse says to a freshly hatched sea-pony who wants back in the pouch: "I do love you, but now you are ready to be on your own." (Preschool) --Karin Snelson
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When Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs on Mr. Seahorse's belly, she knows he will take good care of them-especially since he gets advice from other fatherly fish. Featuring colorfully surprising acetate overlays, Eric Carle has created a beautiful book, filled with the wonders of aquatic life.
When Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs, she does it on Mr. Seahorse's belly! She knows he will take good care of them. While he swims waiting for the eggs to hatch, he meets some other underwater fathers caring for their babies: Mr. Tilapia, who carries his babies in his mouth; Mr. Kurtus, who keeps his on his head; and Mr. Catfish, who is baby-sitting his young hatchlings.
Eric Carle has done it again, with astonishingly beautiful collage illustrations and a story that introduces the very young to the wonders of aquatic life . . . and some very special daddies. A "hide and seek" feature with acetate overlays adds a colorful surprise.
Customer Reviews:
Informative... interesting .......2007-09-19
As usual, Carle's illustrations are fabulous. I especially liked the use of transparencies in the book to "hide" the animals. It's a great story for children to learn about the role that males play in rearing offspring of certain species of fish/animals.
Uniquely Carle.......2007-09-08
I have always loved to read books that Eric Carle has written or illustrated. He has a unique way of expressing his vision into his tissue created artwork. His colors are always so vivid and brilliant. Mr. Seahorse is no exception. The pages light up with color as you follow Mr. Seahorse on his journey through the sea. Only a few male sea animals care for their young. This includes the seahorse, tilapia, kurtus, stickleback, pipe, and bullhead. Each of these fathers care for their young until their birth. I love that the story is factual so children are able to enjoy the story as well as learn interesting facts about these sea creatures. Along Mr. Seahorses journey he meets other animals of the sea hiding in different locations along the way. I loved this book and will continue to enjoy Eric Carles collection.
Gorgeous Book.......2007-08-23
Book arrived in perfect condition. Illustrations are beautiful and children will love the fish camouflaged behind the acetate pages. One of my favorite Eric Carle books.
Father Seahorse What Do You See?.......2007-08-04
I've just finished teaching a four week summer school in 1st grade with Migrant children in CA. My children were such an opportunity for me and so delightful and calm. They were taught in English this summer with the intent they have another positive experience(chance) in the Migrant program to work on their oral language skills, an extra boost if you will.
Many attended all year (since Kindergarten) "Saturday School" within this migrant classification giving their Saturdays as well as their week to further language learning. Many folks in the wider world do not know how hard a Migrant child actually does work here in CA to become a fluent speaker of English.
Many truly stupid misperceptions exist around this Migrant program as well. It has been a veritable life saver in Ventura County under the long leadership of a man of great personal integrity. Good work takes leadership, good work isn't mandated or ordered by Congress in legislation. It is found in the heart of a man. And it is found within their willingness to make their place in this world a bit better. And I mention this because what I did this summer was be privileged to serve under the Migrant umbrella in my county (and District), and work in a program that assists children whose parents serve us in agriculture moving for jobs as the worker. I worked in Migrant Summer School (with Irma Villanueva as my awesome Principal) under the county umbrella that Dr. Joe Mendoza has placed in Ventura County CA for Migrant Education through our County Ed. Dept.. He is.....a fine man.
But I know the value of leadership, how it changes everything.
I see it ( or don't see it) within my days and Migrant Education in Ventura County under Joe Mendoza has changed lives, it gave excellent returns for the Federal Funds that many would remove even as I blog. I know the children in the program well and see the results. Just today Joe sent to each child in my room as a goodbye gift three books each, worth at least $25.00 and all dedicated to science. It was truly a gift that made me cry. The books were exactly what a teacher might want for their children to take into home lives as their own. Content rich, full of knowledge and so exciting. We read some in the wonder a good book brings today. Did you know sea lion males have manes like lions, how their name came about? Now you do.
How do I thank him? By working harder. Watching, learning. Writing to the issues. Advocating. This is what Joe Mendoza does. He inspires your own integrity.
Joe knows. He "gets" it. I raise this because this is exactly the kind of role that is talked about in Mr. Seahorse, by Eric Carle a man giving to first his family, then his community, doing what he can in his way, his service in the peaceful daily betterment of our world.
This is the theme one finds at the heart of this Carle work. Protection, civility, service and how one will interact within your sphere be it reef or school. It is a book about the life we lead, model we set, and the way of living. When buying it, you are buying into comparisons such as the one I just sited. As we go forth, who are we? What way will we choose to act? And what is the most important thing we must do? If you understand Eric Carle at all, you know he is telling you, " Teach the children well....they are our future."
Very few of my children this summer could tell me all they wanted to communicate in words ( I was asked to remain within speaking English and I did so) but they are at this very important and beautiful listening stage. Exhausting though it can be.
This means they do understand above what they might produce. It is a stage for patterns, simple songs, poems, for finding ways with predictability in reading books for them to carry what they know into oral expression. I embedded my work in literature pieces, art projects and lessons related to the water cycle, food webs, our oceans, into my love of tropical reefs, animals. From what we know about learning a second language, and what I've learned teaching in 25 years, it does help to embed students in a meaningful context. It is VERY hard for children to suspend meaning making as phonics approaches require as we get a hut for Zig Bug or say cat/hat rhymes with Goat groat stories that are now dominating the landscape of our reading from the wars waged by those who only know what they know.
I selected this book on Mr. Seahorse and this theme this summer specifically based on our CA Standards and goals for 1st grade. One of the most hilarious aspects of our times now teaching children in poverty schools is the focus is so narrowed into basic phonics and drilling sounds skills children are not then allowed meaning, literature, arts, music, science the very things they need to be exposed to, to read, to make and to do and often the very things that carry the content that needs to be delivered. An impoverishment of even greater potential damage than that of the material resources lacking in the parents. This is a removal of equity and opportunity by the very system that is proporting to hold that value as tantamount.
AND I simply took a stand as a teacher basically supported this summer by my leadership and county figures and chose to work in science and art specifically because teachers over and over have shared "they don't do that now" or anymore. Such foolishness begins a cycle of true poverty. Poverty of mind, and a kind of lower class is once again born. And this is nothing but a systematic crime.
I say all of this to talk about this book by Eric Carle . His book deserves to be contextualized in the actual place his work has claimed. He was a pioneer in the work with children's literacy. And he remains true to the importance of this field. Because it was the 1st book I used with the children this summer, and I read it several times at their request, I gained a real respect for what it was created to do by a master maker. What makes his books particularly helpful are the rhythms and repetitions he places there, the predictability and the variation. But it is constructed within the context of his mastery of the form. Clearly early on Carle understood that children learning to read, or learning to listen to a book or for that matter learning a book in a second language, children at a certain stage developmentally go through a time when they find the patterns and variations a kind of cycling loop that is reassuring and delightful. Predict, observe, check your prediction. The basis of science, no?
I watch actually this year after year in my 1st grade instruction through Carle's books. His work often form the backbone of pulling my 2nd language learners into nouns(for often it is the noun he varies) or through color words, lists of feelings, days, months or some particular piece of category of knowledge and vocabulary, some concept that my school now calls for teaching in an "explicit, discreet way". While true it must be taught to the learner specifically, the "explicit" label has moved teachers to using big word banks on focusing walls and workbook forms, chanting and pointing, or within instruction purchased in that form over pieces of literature such as this which do embed the lesson much more creatively within a visual and artistic frame. And this is done, this 'explicit' directed instruction at the cost of understanding, contextualizing, losing the art of life. It is the biggest loss I know for children short of simply closing their schools.
It's small stuff reading orally to our kids, but removal of these key literature opportunities for children in poverty are the kinds of results that these politically driven test based agendas have achieved. Intended or not we see Brown Bear and the ability to find Mr. Seahorse used in lessons going away for dull phonics based materials that are not addressing the cadence of language or the needs of real kids. And we are losing the importance of saying as teachers we truly need authors with , if you will, some class.
Class Carle has.
Sometimes as I consider talking about a book, I'm asked to get to the point.
Okay. What happens in this book, Mr. Seahorse, is an interesting juxtaposition of a couple patterns and ideas. I sat down as I first shared it and explored this with the children.
On the one hand you have various fish that guard and parent their young ones. You meet them.
(Mr. Seahorse drifts gently through the sea, meeting five other fish fathers who participate in prenatal care: Mr. Stickleback hatches the eggs; Mr. Tilapia holds the eggs in his mouth; Mr. Kurtus, a nurseryfish, sticks the eggs on his head until they hatch; Mr. Pipe, a pipefish, carries the eggs on his narrow belly; and Mr. Bullhead, a catfish, babysits newly hatched fry. With each encounter comes a delightful surprise: an acetate overlay camouflages the sea creatures as Mister Seahorse passes by: a lionfish hides in a coral reef; a stonefish hides behind a rock.)
It's a survival mechanism this "care" that allows the young a better opportunity at survival. One thing I found teaching, and as I am starting my summer aquarium and looking at that as my learning, reading and thinking about the way of survival in nature, children enjoy these lessons.
The young animals often do not survive. And animals have a variety of ways of addressing that.
The young may be the food for another species, so hiding, over bearing, or something as amazing as the seahorse father placing his young within his pouch, or as in another fish the young in the mouth...these kinds of survival strategies evolved to aid survival of their species.
And each time Mr. Seahorse travels around his reef venture with child he passes another parent and off-spring and the "protection" feature is gently reinforced. But he also greets others too in a back and forth repetition.
In our classroom follow-up discussion of the book eventually one of my children, one with very limited English noted to us, "Dads do keep us safe."
My son who is going through a bout of fearful dreaming reaches out for his father in an age old grasp for the protector role. We know this, you know this. I know this. I think my class took that in on some level, a very deep level. It may be a traditional role, it maybe archetypal, but it is a gentle back story within this text, as indeed at the end of the text it is the father gently suggesting the time to leave this seahorse pouch to find a way in the ocean of life. Growing up. Time to move on into your next steps.
In my home and in many families the father does serve to initiate the connection to the world for the child. I think of father as "acting on" and it is something I respect beyond words.
This part of the book, father as protector and as a way into the thoughts and activities of the world, this is there in a very natural and gentle reminder of the patterns and truth we humans know. This is placed against the pair of seahorses traveling the reef greeting various hiding or camouflaged animals.
That's very exciting stuff for a child, familiar, safe and yet promising future, growth, and think we change. He also used these clear plastic overlays to "hide" these fish. Kids love that lifting and revealing. A piece of fun. And this piece relates another kind of animal defense, hiding is addressed. But what I found so brilliant was again Carle is speaking to the father as he takes the seahorse into the ocean reef introducing the neighbors.
Greeting, politeness and going out to see the wider world. A role here of paternity.
This was a great piece to start my summer program to set a tone of courtesy and curiosity.
Today my daughter who is 17 noted to me that in her interactions she strives to be amenable and liked. It would be my contention that Carle is teaching this within these pieces. He is teaching civility. And he is, again in my opinion, talking to the nature of interrelation. We can strive to model and live as we believe and as we know.
Because Carle is a very conscious, considered, trained and developed artist maker of works for children, it should come as no surprise that in a book some call a "gimick", one finds the basis for teaching social and familial kinds of politeness, trust, concern, the roles of parents/protectors. He supports healthy child constructs like feeling protected, and he uses the reef and fish to dialog this as the vehicle for transfer looking at the variations in nature, encourages observation of animal behaviors, celebrates the natural world and its place as a teacher for us as humans. It is no surprise that his collage work is very rich here. He is a well-established artist maker now and the book reflects this.
To me he is saying...." I am the maker of works to bring happiness and multiple meanings to children, I celebrate their uniqueness, their interpretive abilities. But I am placing my talents, at the height of my adult abilities, here with the subtlety and care. My genius hidden and quieted so that I too, as in Mr. Seahorse, take great care with the journey through my book to lead these children through journey of meaning making and understanding what it is to be a human."
May Carle sit on your shelves, be read with and to your children (and grand children) and may he be celebrated as the American writer and creator that he is, a revolutionary force in understanding how children learn, celebrating their place in our world and respecting them as needing our adult time , effort and concern so they may develop self-respect and self-confidences and be supported in their journeys within our very human lives. As I often say, no one would be a better person to hold ones projections of the good father. He has modeled here for us the role with distinction.
A book for anyone to love.
Great book for Dads!.......2007-07-24
Eric Carle is a wonderful writer and collage artist. This is a terrific book for Dads to read to their children, since it is all about Dads taking care of their babies. The images are beautiful and the text is lovely.
Yeah for Daddies!
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“There’s a curious commotion, at the bottom of the ocean; I think we ought to go and take a look. You’ll find every sort of creature, that lives beneath the sea; swimming through the pages of this book.†The sequel to the best-selling “Rumble in the Jungleâ€, this delightful new collection of poems includes fun rhymes about the creatures who live in and around the ocean. Children will delight in the snappy poems and colorful illustrations about whales, walruses, penguins, polar bears, stingrays and sharks.
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The Pop-Up Commotion in the Ocean.......2007-02-12
Fantastic pop up book! Easy to keep the Preschool children's attention when telling this story.
Dive Right In (but watch out for sharks!).......2007-02-05
I'm not sure what the commotion is, but these short poems are the perfect length for preschoolers who love word play, are expanding their vocabulary, are fascinated with various animals, but lack the attention span for "more sophisticated" poetry. The poems feature different meters so it does mix things up a bit more than, say, "Green Eggs and Ham", and the illustrations are colorful and fun and only add to the enjoyment.
This is a fun, fun book. As a twist, the first time you read it, read the poem and have your child guess the animal (you'll have to replace the name of the animal in some of the poems with "I" or "we" to do this.)
4-Year-Old's Favorite for in the Car.......2006-10-14
Bright illustrations, cute rhymes. It's one of our favorites!
Nice Book.......2006-09-13
My fish loving 3 year old son really likes this book. He loves to look at the pictures and guess the fish at the end of the book. The only thing I don't like is the word "dumb" is used. That could have been left out since toddlers to repeat most everything they hear. I chose to buy it since it was recommended with Dinosaurumpus by Tony Mitton...now that book is absolutely awesome!
Great book.......2006-08-17
My children love it, except it uses the word dumb at one point and mine know they aren't supposed to use that word.
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Tiddler is a very fidgety fish. So much so, that when his mother has had enough, she sends him out exploring, reminding him to be careful of “the Big Fishâ€. He comes across several sea creatures before his curiosity gets the better of him and he enters a big, dark cave… When Tiddler hears a loud snap, and everything suddenly goes dark, he realizes he (like Jonah) is in the belly of “the Big Fishâ€! Now more fidgety than ever, Tiddler jumps and bumps, tumbles and turns inside the belly of the fish, causing more than a bit of a disturbance until – BURP! The big fish has had enough of Tiddler.
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lively illustrations, very appropriate for toddlers and pre-schoolers.......2007-06-08
I recommend this action-packed story. I enjoy reading it aloud to my 14-month-old, and we both find the bright and lively illustrations engaging.
Tiddler the fish goes about his adventure alone in the same way a very young child does--spontaneously, with enthusiasm and an abundance of energy, observing everything and getting into anything that looks interesting.
I like the pacing of the book. It really moves. The occasional rhyme throughout adds interest and humour. Tiddler ends up sound asleep, so this is a good one before bedtime.
great for all children.......2006-07-06
I love this book for my son (1 year). The illustrations are bright and colorful and the story is cute and creative. A good bedtime read because it is quick!
Disappointed.......2005-03-13
I ordered this book for my son because I thought it would be a cute and entertaining story. I was extremely disappointed to find out that it was neither cute nor entertaining. The plot and characters are very shallow and simplistic, although that is not the problem I have with this book. The problem is the writing style. It is written in a very colloquial style and has no literary flair whatsoever. If you are looking for a sweet, funny undersea story to read your young one, look elsewhere. This one lacks quality and refinement.
An upbeat, simple, friendly and appealing story.......2003-10-06
Ruth Galloway's simple yet exuberant color illustrations highlight her story of Fidgety Fish, a playful young fish whose excessive energy comes in handy when a much bigger fish decides he would make a nice snack! Fidgety Fish is an upbeat, simple, friendly and appealing story presented with charm and zest.
"Fidgety Fish".......2002-01-29
This colorful picture book would delight any young child. Wonderful illustrations accent the sweet story of a young fish and his adventures when mother sends him out to play.
Book Description
In this riveting true adventure tale and informative guide to the sea, master storyteller Peter Benchley drew on more than four decades of diving experience to bring us face-to-face with the array of sharks and other marine animals he and his family encountered, almost always on purpose—but sometimes by accident.
Customer Reviews:
Shark Life is cool!.......2006-11-06
Shark Life is a good book for anyone that likes sharks.
Peter Benchley is a diver who studys sharks and other sea creatures.
He talks about the different types of sharks and how they live in the
sea. He also talks about Moray eels,Blue fish,Barracuda,and other creatures. He says it is important to keep a healthy habbitat for sharks.
I think this book is the best!
Eye to Eye with a killer shark.......2006-06-06
Take a plunge into the sea with Peter Benchly! This eye opening book shows the encounters this author has had with all kinds of different sharks all around the world you will encounter. Killer Sharks, like the Tiger sharkof compleatly harmless sharks like a Whale shark. Peter Benchly has been through it all. This book makes you feel like you are in the clear waters swimming right next to a shark. Find out what happens to him as he spends his life in the water with sharks and other kinds of sea creatures, in this amazing book of different kinds of sharks!
Richie's Picks: SHARK LIFE.......2006-05-31
SHARK LIfe is exceptionally entertaining and enlightening nonfiction for young adults. Benchley (the author of JAWS) moves back and forth between recounting his own heart-stopping adventures in the sea (sometimes purposely swimming with sharks and other deadly creatures, sometimes accidentally encountering them), and his simple and clear explanations of how man's interference with the balance of the world's oceans has already resulted in some dying regions. He cautions how further degradation of the seas will eventually threaten man's existence on the planet.
Shark life, true stories about sharks and the sea.......2006-05-15
I LOVE this book, The stories are AMAZING! I love manta rays and great white sharks.
Shark Life, True stories about sharks and the sea.......2006-05-14
It is one of my favorite books, the stories are AMAZING! I love Manta Rays.
Customer Reviews:
Very informative and wonderfully written but dated.......2005-02-08
Keith S. Thomson's book is truly a marvelous piece of scientific writing. It seamlessly integrates the stories of the eccentric personalities involved in first identifing and classifying the coelacanth, the odd history of coelacanth evolution and what we know about coelacanth physiology and behavior. "Living Fossil" is both meticulously researched and a joy to read.
The only problem with Thomson's work is that the book was released in 1991 (at least the edition I've read), and in 1997 a new species of ceolacanth was found in Sulawesi, Indonesia (quite distant from the first species' habitat in the Comoros Islands!) The book is still a compelling read, but a more contemporary book is suggested for information on Latimeria menadoensis, the most recently discovered of the coelacanth species.
the dark itching.......2000-03-08
to be perfectly honest, i haven't exactly read this book. it matters not. and anyway, i just ordered the dang thing, so i'll read it soon enough. am i the only poor asshead in the world with a credit card, internet access, poor impulse control, and a fascination with ugly prehistoric fish?
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