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Reading Musick, a Virginia Institute of Marine Science professor, and McMillan (Titanic: Fortune and Fate) is like watching a nature documentary: you're consumed not so much by storytelling as by factoids: sharks have taste buds, have been around for more than 400 million years and can be warm-blooded. Shark stomachs have turned up "license plates, carcasses of dogs, birds, and horses, and sides of rotten beef jettisoned by cruise ships. The navy occasionally finds evidence of shark bites on its submarines." This comprehensive look at the much-feared creatures takes readers from Montana to Mexico to Malaysia, tracing the fish's development from ancient ur-shark to sea king. Musick and McMillan discuss fossil excavations and evolutionary biology, debunk the myth that shark cartilage is a cancer cure and show how the shark became a favorite media scapegoat, all while narrating their own research travels across the globe. These on-the-spot reports can seem somewhat gratuitous and, along with cheeky chapter titles like "The Carnivore Cafe" and "Sex, Sharks, and Videotape," they start to feel like a panicked and unnecessary attempt to compensate for the book's hard-science tilt. Nonetheless, Jaws junkies will eat up the fascinating shark facts sprinkled liberally through the book, and armchair naturalists will enjoy both the evolutionary perspective and the authors' look at the environmental threats facing the shark, a victim of overfishing and "recreation." It seems that even the "consummate predator" is no match for human industry.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
At last! A shark book whose basic premise is that sharks are fascinating and valuable animals to be studied, protected, and preserved. Musick, a shark researcher at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, and McMillan, his wife and a science writer, have given us a well-written, informative tome that covers all aspects of this greatly misunderstood group of fish, including evolution, reproductive behavior, physiology, and feeding behavior. The authors also discuss the media-hyped frenzy of 2001's "Summer of the Shark" and the very real harm this type of hysteria does to efforts to protect endangered species of sharks, including some of those that get the worst press. While the book is loaded with information, there are just enough anecdotes to capture and hold the reader's interest. Scientific terms are used, but explained, so that the reader is challenged but not discouraged by too much jargon. Unlike the recent Shark: Stories of Life and Death from the World's Most Dangerous Waters, this one is a definite keeper. Highly recommended for all public, college, and high school libraries. Margaret A. Rioux, MBL/WHOI Lib., Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., MA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Reading Musick, a Virginia Institute of Marine Science professor, and McMillan (Titanic: Fortune and Fate) is like watching a nature documentary: you're consumed not so much by storytelling as by factoids: sharks have taste buds, have been around for more than 400 million years and can be warm-blooded. Shark stomachs have turned up "license plates, carcasses of dogs, birds, and horses, and sides of rotten beef jettisoned by cruise ships. The navy occasionally finds evidence of shark bites on its submarines." This comprehensive look at the much-feared creatures takes readers from Montana to Mexico to Malaysia, tracing the fish's development from ancient ur-shark to sea king. Musick and McMillan discuss fossil excavations and evolutionary biology, debunk the myth that shark cartilage is a cancer cure and show how the shark became a favorite media scapegoat, all while narrating their own research travels across the globe. These on-the-spot reports can seem somewhat gratuitous and, along with cheeky chapter titles like "The Carnivore Cafe" and "Sex, Sharks, and Videotape," they start to feel like a panicked and unnecessary attempt to compensate for the book's hard-science tilt. Nonetheless, Jaws junkies will eat up the fascinating shark facts sprinkled liberally through the book, and armchair naturalists will enjoy both the evolutionary perspective and the authors' look at the environmental threats facing the shark, a victim of overfishing and "recreation." It seems that even the "consummate predator" is no match for human industry.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
At last! A shark book whose basic premise is that sharks are fascinating and valuable animals to be studied, protected, and preserved. Musick, a shark researcher at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, and McMillan, his wife and a science writer, have given us a well-written, informative tome that covers all aspects of this greatly misunderstood group of fish, including evolution, reproductive behavior, physiology, and feeding behavior. The authors also discuss the media-hyped frenzy of 2001's "Summer of the Shark" and the very real harm this type of hysteria does to efforts to protect endangered species of sharks, including some of those that get the worst press. While the book is loaded with information, there are just enough anecdotes to capture and hold the reader's interest. Scientific terms are used, but explained, so that the reader is challenged but not discouraged by too much jargon. Unlike the recent Shark: Stories of Life and Death from the World's Most Dangerous Waters, this one is a definite keeper. Highly recommended for all public, college, and high school libraries. Margaret A. Rioux, MBL/WHOI Lib., Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., MA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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