Sharks: The Perfect Predators
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Book Overview
Awesome information about sharks and how they live. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0382248910
ISBN13:9780382248917
Release Date:May 1995
Publisher:Silver Burdett Press
Length:43 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 9.0" x 11.3"
Age Range:10 to 14 years
Grade Range:Grades 5 to 9
Customer Reviews
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Sharks demystified
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is a wonderful introduction to sharks for young readers, with good photography. Howard Hall discusses the different types of sharks, how their feeding habits are reflected in their size and shape, how they see, swim, and locate prey. I was surprised to read that they can actually dislocate their jaws and thrust them forward past the end of their noses to bite their prey - and this happens so fast that it can only be seen on film in slow motion. Hall explains why the sharks close their eyes before the attack, that their eyes are so sensitive that they can see in near-darkness, and many other fascinating facts. Although the author uses some advanced terminology such as ovoviviparity, heterocercal tail, Ampullae of Lorenzini, etc, all words are well explained within the text and in a special glossary. It's a book worth having.
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