Emperors of the deep : sharks--the ocean's most mysterious, most misunderstood, and most important guardians

Responsibility: William McKeever
Edition: First edition
Publication: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019
Copyright notice: ©2019
Physical description: vi, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Series: McKeever, William. Emperors of the deep.

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Description

Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator: McKeever, William, author.

Contents/Summary

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-311)

Contents

Introduction: Man bites shark
Searching for Mary Lee
Makos, the F-35 of sharks
The mysterious case of the hammerhead
Sharks as social animals
The quest for the tiger shark
The shark attack files
The sex lives of sharks
Bearing witness
Human trafficking at sea
Water, water everywhere and not a tiger in sight
The high seas
Shark warriors
Shark alley
Save the shark

Summary

From the Jaws blockbusters to Shark Week, we are conditioned to see sharks as terrifying cold-blooded underwater predators. McKeever shows that sharks are evolutionary marvels essential to maintaining a balanced ecosystem. We can learn much from sharks, he argues, and our knowledge about them continues to grow. Here he examines four species: Mako, Tiger, Hammerhead, and Great White. He goes back through time to probe the shark's pre-historic secrets, and takes us on a pulse-pounding tour around the world to see sharks up close in their natural habitat. -- adapted from jacket

Summary

"When Steven Spielberg released Jaws in the summer of 1975, his adaptation of Peter Benchley's novel forever type-cast sharks as bloodthirsty man-eaters. But, as we all worried whether it was safe to go back into the water, we failed to notice that while sharks account fewer than four human fatalities per year, humans needlessly kill 100 million sharks per year, which has made the species vulnerable for the first time in its existence and put the future of the world's oceans at risk. At once a deep-dive into the misunderstood world of sharks--specifically, great whites, makos, hammerheads, and tigers--and an urgent call to protect them, [this book] tells the true story about the ocean's most mysterious, most misunderstood, and most important guardians. From the family-friendly waters of Cape Cod to the coral reefs of the Central Pacific, where great whites mysteriously congregate every fall in what scientists refer to as Burning Man for white sharks, Safeguard the Seas founder William McKeever introduces us to scientists, conservationists, and world-renowned shark experts who have started unlocking the species' most closely guarded secrets. He also profiles activists around the world fighting to protect sharks and infiltrates a mako-only shark tournament in Montauk to figure out why fishermen continue to hunt them despite their declining numbers. And, to get a close-up view of these underwater emperors and empresses, he enters freely into their world, encountering the 450-million-year-old species that continues to capture our imagination. A rollicking, eye-opening underwater adventure, Emperors of the Deep will shift our perception of sharks from coldblooded underwater predators to evolutionary marvels that play an integral part in maintaining the health of the world's oceans."--Jacket

Subjects

Subjects: Sharks.; Sharks > Behavior.; Sharks > Conservation.; Marine ecosystem health.

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 2019
Title variation: Sharks : the ocean's most mysterious, most misunderstood, and most important guardians
Medium: large print.
Series: Emperors of the deep
ISBN: 9780062880321 (hardcover); 0062880322 (hardcover); 9780062911629 (large print); 0062911627 (large print); 9780062932990 (audio); 9780062880345 (electronic book)