Demon fish : travels through the hidden world of sharks / Juliet Eilperin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eilperin, Juliet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sharks.

Sharks--Anecdotes.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

xxi, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2011]

Summary:

In this globe-spanning adventure, environmental journalist Juliet Eilperin investigates the ways different individuals and cultures relate to the ocean's top predator. Along the way, she reminds us why, after millions of years, sharks remain among nature's most awe-inspiring creatures. From Belize to South Africa, from Shanghai to Bimini, sharks are still the object of an obsession that may eventually lead to their extinction. This is why movie stars and professional athletes go shark hunting in Miami, and why shark's fin soup remains a coveted status symbol in China. Yet people and sharks can exist alongside one another: surfers tolerate their presence off Cape Town and ecotourists swim with sharks that locals in the Yucatǹ no longer have to hunt. With a reporter's instinct for a good story and a scientist's curiosity, Eilperin offers us an up-close understanding of these extraordinary creatures in the most illuminating shark encounter you're likely to find outside a steel cage.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Shark

The world-famous shark caller

An ancient fish

A demon fish

Dried seafood street

The shark sleuths

Shark trackers

Living with sharks

Fish fight

Gawking at jaws

Shark nirvana.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [273-281]) and index.

ISBN:

9780375425127

0375425128

OCLC:

653121555