Shark

by Philippe Cousteau, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Phillipe Cousteau

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884860132
• ISBN13: 9780884860136
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Bristol Park Books
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Description: from inside front dust cover

In this book scientific discovery underlines an exotic adventure that takes the reader into a world of beauty and danger. Many of the frequently asked questions regarding sharks are answered, such as how it feels to encounter large sharks with only a camera, or if there is any defense against a shark attack, or why do sharks die if taken from the sea.Writes Phillipe Cousteau, "His (the shark's) entire form is fluid, weaving from side to side; his head moves slowly from left to right, right to left, timed to the rhythm of his speed through the water. Only the eye is fixed, focused on me, cricling withinn the orbit of the head, in order not to lose sight for a fraction of a second of his prey or, perhaps, his enemy... His silent circling is a ballet governed by untraceable mchansisms. The blue tranquility of his form surrounds me with the sensation of a web of muderous yet beautiful force."

undersea discoveries of jacues-yves cousteau

part of a three volume set, ISBN 0884860175, this book brings information in the form of superb color and b & w photos, crisp text, and the same illluminating presentations that marked cousteau's National Geographic films. This book uncovers some of our near total ignorance of sharks while maintaing a curious and non judgemental point of vantage