The secret life of sharks
Subtitle: a leading marine biologist reveals the mysteries of shark behavior
By: A. Peter Klimley
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780743241700
Subjects: Sharks; Haaien; Diergedrag; Behavior
Description: Challenges misconceptions about natural shark behavior, describing how sharks participate in intricate social relationships, their preference for non-human prey, and their elaborate biological survival activities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: Shark fever; title: Cross-species dressing; title: Shark sex in the Miami Seaquarium; title: Diving with sharks in southern California; title: Swimming with hammerhead sharks; title: Solving the mystery of hammerhead schools; title: Shark rush hour at Gorda Seamount; title: Hammerhead sharks as ocean navigators; title: In quest of the white shark; title: White shark predation at the Farallon Islands; title: Talking with their tails; title: Baby white shark gets away on national television; title: Electronic monitoring of white sharks at Año Nuevo Island; title: Shark-eating humans or man-eating sharks?