Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, types, and effects of humans on jellyfish, as well as where to see them. This description may be from another edition of this product.
So much terminology, it is overwhelming to a "senior citizen", no less a child in the 4-8 age bracket! BUT -- this is an excellent book!I am moving to the gulfcoast region and have only witnessed the carcasses of jellyfish, as a child, dotting the shores of Staten Island and Long Beach Island; and when a hurricane was "coming in" at the Jersey shore in the early 2000's where I actually saw them at a distance in the water. I was told they "balloon", and I decided it was time to read about them and came across this book in the library in which I am a Children's Librarian and bought this book for the library in 2004. A compendium of "everything I needed to know" about jellyfish and more. What I though particularly of interest: "The compass jellyfish has lines on its bell that make it look like the face of a compass. This jellyfish starts off as male, becomes both male and female, and then turns into a female jellyfish."[page 37.] Great for the bookshelf of a budding oceanologist, or oceanographer!
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