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Author Sheikh-Miller, Jonathan.

Title Sharks / Jonathan Sheikh-Miller ; edited by Gillian Doherty ; illustrated by John Woodcock.

Imprint [Tulsa, OK : EDC Pub.], 2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Meadowlark Non-Fiction  597.3 SHE    ---  Available
Description 63 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Usborne discovery.
Note Includes index.
Contents What is a shark? -- Shark parts -- How sharks swim -- Basic shark senses -- Special senses -- Gills and breathing -- Teeth and eating -- Going in for the kill -- Pup producers -- Laying eggs -- Great white -- Dangerous sharks -- Plankton eaters -- Camouflaged sharks -- Life on the bottom -- Reef sharks -- Hammerheads -- Cats and hounds -- Fast sharks -- Deep-water sharks -- Shark relatives -- On the move -- Shark attacks -- Sharks in danger -- Studying sharks -- Sharks in a changing world -- Shark bites -- Record breakers -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary Dramatic underwater photography brings readers face to face with sharks of all shapes and sizes. This book recommends special shark Web sites that have been chosen by Usborne editors and Web researchers, adding new dimensions of information and entertainment.
Subject Sharks -- Juvenile literature.
Sharks -- Computer network resources -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Doherty, Gillian.
Woodcock, John, 1953- illustrator.
Cover Title Internet-linked sharks
ISBN 0746037236 (pbk.) : $8.95
9780746037232 (pbk.)

 
    
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