Shark: Mighty creatures of the deep in action!

by Paul Mason

Overview

Chances are when you think of sharks, it's the great white or hammerhead that swim into view. But, there are over 400 species swimming in the oceans today. And, some are very bizarre with super-long snouts or detachable jaws. They are powerful, super-eating machines. Imagine a dark, triangular fin slicing through water – terrifying to humans. But, they are much more than this. So, check out…

•. a shark that has a mouth big enough to fit round a double bed

• . the special features and tactics they use to catch prey

•. the stories of brave (and lucky) people who have survived shark attacks

•. why sharks need our protections to stop becoming extinct

True stories, fascinating science, with superb photographs and action packed text take you down to the depths to view an array of fascinating sharks: how they hunt, true shark attack survival stories, weird and unusual sharks and what we can to do protect the special species

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781913077730
Publisher:	Beetle Books
Publication date:	06/01/2020
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Paul Mason is a prolific author of children’s books, many award-nominated, on such subjects as 101 ways to save the planet, vile things that go wrong with the body, and the world’s looniest inventors. Many take off via surprising, unbelievable or just revolting facts. Today, he lives at a secret location on the coast of Europe, where his writing shack usually smells of a drying wetsuit (he’s a former international swimmer and a keen surfer).

Table of Contents

1 How Sharks Hunt 7

Sharks: Apex Predators 8

What Sharks Eat 10

Finding Prey 12

Hunting by Sight 14

Hunting by Touch and Taste 16

Electro-Location 18

High-Speed Attackers 20

Shark Ambushes 22

Jaws of Death 24

Shark Migrations 26

Shark Identification 28

2 The World's Weirdest Sharks 29

Frilled Shark 30

Thresher Shark 32

Whale Shark 34

Sawshark 36

Horn Shark 38

Epaulette Shark 40

Ghost Shark 42

Wobbegong 44

Greenland Shark 46

Shark Extremes 48

3 Shark Attacks 49

Shark Attacks: The Reality 50

The Jersey Shore Man-Eater 52

The Indianapolis Shipwreck 54

Shark Expert Erich Ritter 56

Surfer Bethany Hamilton 58

Surfer Elio Canestri 60

The Shark Attack That Wasn't 62

Attacks in Northern California 64

How to Avoid a Shark Attack 66

Shark Attacks: The Chances 67

4 Sharks in Danger 68

Humans v. Sharks 70

Who Needs Sharks Anyway? 72

Shark Finning 74

Big-Game and Commercial Fishing 76

By-Catch 78

Protective Netting 80

Shark Tourism 82

Shark Reproduction 84

Shark Nurseries 86

Ocean Pollution 88

Saving our Sharks 90

Glossary (Words in bold are in the Glossary) 92

Index 94