- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical (5 Jan 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 140814042X
- ISBN-13: 978-1408140420
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Written in an "Underwater QI" style ... Eyers certainly knows his stuff. WildlifeExtra.com It thoroughly explores the wonders of the deep and uncovers some creatures which are beyond the imaginations of the most far-fetched sci-fi writers Nautilus Telegraph 20120201 Star Buy Yachting Life Worth the read, and your inner child will love you for it. Bound to bring a smirk (and possibly some nausea) to every reader. Nautilus Telegraph
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How to Snog a Hagfish! explores the most bizarre, the most disgusting and the most fascinating creatures that inhabit the oceans. When attacked, the hagfish (also known as the slime eel) ties itself in a knot that travels the length of its body, squeezing out mucus by the bucketful and making it impossible for a predator to keep hold. To eat, a starfish regurgitates its stomach, digests its food then swallows its stomach back down again. Pearlfish stick close to sea cucumbers, whose bowels they swim into when danger's near. And with shark attacks and jellyfish encounters, the oceans take on another level of repulsiveness when man dips his toes in the water. We know more about the surface of the moon than we know about underwater world, but some of the species covered in this book are beyond even the imagination of science fiction writers. Entertaining yet informative, the idea of this book is not to wallow in grossness with the intention of putting people off their dinner, but to explore just how fascinating and 'alien' our own planet can be. Highly illustrated, and with stories and anecdotes that help bring a human perspective, this book demystifies the natural world beneath the waves, and shows how it's not quite so shocking when you understand why these creatures have developed the way they have.
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Jonathan Eyers plumbs the depths of the ocean with How to Snog a Hagfish! Disgusting Things In The Sea. The book dips below the waves to bring us all kinds of interesting facts about all manner of aquatic life.
Although it deals with all kinds of unfamiliar underwater life, this book has a great knack of telling you the weird and wonderful quirks of some fish you will be familiar with, too. Flounders with eyes that move from one side of their head to the other? The slowest baby lobsters being devoured by their parents?
Organic life is not the only disgusting thing in the sea, an interesting chapter towards the end of the book explains the devestating effect we as a race are having upon the seas. A 90 million tonne, floating plastic rubbish dump being one of the main offenders. Of course, the 5 million tonnes of oil we spill into the oceans every year is another.
How to Snog a Hagfish! is a great little read that's guaranteed to tell you something you didn't already know about the 230,000 unique species inhabiting our planet's oceans.
Although it deals with all kinds of unfamiliar underwater life, this book has a great knack of telling you the weird and wonderful quirks of some fish you will be familiar with, too. Flounders with eyes that move from one side of their head to the other? The slowest baby lobsters being devoured by their parents?
Organic life is not the only disgusting thing in the sea, an interesting chapter towards the end of the book explains the devestating effect we as a race are having upon the seas. A 90 million tonne, floating plastic rubbish dump being one of the main offenders. Of course, the 5 million tonnes of oil we spill into the oceans every year is another.
How to Snog a Hagfish! is a great little read that's guaranteed to tell you something you didn't already know about the 230,000 unique species inhabiting our planet's oceans.
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