Description

There is little to rival the grace and beauty of a great white as it cuts its way effortlessly through the water, the supreme predator of the ocean. Not all sharks are the sleek and bloody killers depicted in films. Some, like the harmless megamouth, feed solely on plankton.

Marvel at the frills and patterns of the woebegone, see a fascinating photo-sequence of a swell shark egg as it develops, and watch a lemon shark pup as it is born. With a series of stunning, full-colour photographs of live sharks, many specially commissioned for this book, Shark looks in close-up at the fascinating variety of the whole shark family.

Filled with amazing facts and outstanding live photography, Shark is a unique and informative introduction to the secret lives of these magnificent undersea creatures.

• Stunning, real-life photographs of sharks, rays, and chimeras offer a unique ‘eyewitness’ view of sharks and the myths surrounding them.
• See inside the mouth of a great white; a school of hammerheads; the rarest shark in the world; a lemon shark pup being born.
• Learn why it is important for sharks to be saved; why South Sea Islanders worshipped the shark; how the Earth’s magnetic field affects shark migration; how a shark can detect its prey; what a great white looks like to a diver in an underwater cage
• Discover why an angel shark is flat; why sharks sometimes eat each other; what gill rakers do; how rays are related to sharks; which shark is the fastest swimmer