| Publication |
Essex, Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd, 2000.
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| Description |
64pWhite Spine
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| Series |
Fantastic World of
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| Summary/Abstract |
The book reveals animals whose natural habitats are rivers, streams, lakes and oceans in all their variety of size, behaviour and habitat.
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| Contents |
World of waterlife
Gills, lungs and fins - lungfish
Strange survivors from prehistory - bowfins and gars
Fish of the stagnant swamps - bony-tongue fish
Amazing air-breathers - labyrinth fish
The biggest family of fish - carp and their cousins
Silvery spotted leapers - salmon and trout
Hard-shelled slow movers - freshwater turtles
The widest, toothiest grin - crocodiles and alligators
Shy, secretive and sightless - river (freshwater) dolphins
Wings underwater - rays and skates
The most feared fish in the sea - Sharks
Snakes of the sea - eels
Flying fins and needle noses - flying fish and garfish
In the warm midwater gloom - spiny-finned fish
A tough life at the seaside - shore and rock pool fish
Dangerous or just curious? - barracudas and mullets
Fish with big appetites - tunas and mackerels
Swords, sails and speed - swordfish and other billfish
Fish in their millions - herrings and sardines
Hard-shelled swimmers - estuarine and marine turtles
Peaceful plant-eaters of the sea - mantees and dugongs
Flipper-footed fish-eaters - Sea-lions and seals
Grey shapes among the waves - porpoises
Big smiles and clever tricks - dolphins
Master hunters of the ocean - killer and pilot whales
Noisy whales of northern seas - white whales
Giant hunters of the depth - sperm whales
The bottom of the sea - deep-sea fish
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| Standard Number |
1902947282 Hb.
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