River monsters
Subtitle: true stories of the ones that didn't get away
By: Jeremy Wade
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780306819544; 9780306819803
Subjects: Dangerous animals; River monsters (Television program); Freshwater fishes; Fishing; Dangerous fishes
Other titles: River monsters (Television program)
Description: A companion to the Animal Planet series "River Monsters" highlights the most shocking creatures the author has come across in his travels as an extreme fisherman.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why some fishermen's tales are true; title: Goonch; title: Wels; title: Goliath tigerfish; title: Piranha; title: Arapaima; title: Piraiba; title: Candiru; title: Nile perch; title: Alligator gar; title: Freshwater shark; title: River stingray; title: The Lake Iliamna monster; title: Snakehead; title: River shark revisited; title: Bol kata; title: Electric eel; title: Sawfish; title: Captain Cook's man-eater; title: Epilogue: What else is down there?