Ocean Bestiary

Meeting Marine Life from Abalone to Orca to Zooplankton

Hardcover, 320 pages

English language

Published May 7, 2023 by University of Chicago Press.

ISBN:
978-0-226-81803-0
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OCLC Number:
1341845489
ASIN:
0226818039

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A delightful A-to-Z menagerie of the sea—whimsically illustrated, authoritative, and thought-provoking.

For millennia, we have taken to the waves. And yet, for humans, the ocean remains our planet’s most inaccessible region, the place about which we know the least. From A to Z, abalone to zooplankton, and through both text and original illustrations, Ocean Bestiary is a celebration of our ongoing quest to know the sea and its creatures.

Focusing on individual species or groups of animals, Richard J. King embarks upon a global tour of ocean wildlife, including beluga whales, flying fish, green turtles, mako sharks, noddies, right whales, sea cows (as well as sea lions, sea otters, and sea pickles), skipjack tuna, swordfish, tropicbirds, walrus, and yellow-bellied sea snakes. But more than this, King connects the natural history of ocean animals to the experiences of people out at sea and along the world’s coastlines. From firsthand accounts passed …

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Subjects

  • Zoology
  • Environmental history
  • Oceans