{"product_id":"strange-sea-creatures-book","title":"Strange Sea Creatures - Book","description":"\u003cspan\u003ePraise for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCreatures of the Deep: In Search of the Sea's Monsters and the World They Live In\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"Erich Hoyt captures the excitement and beauty of recent advances [in ocean science]. With lavish photos and engaging, accurate prose, he takes readers on a journey of wonder through the ocean's layers and around the planet, shedding light on extraordinary lives.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- BBC Wildlife\u003cbr\u003eMarine researchers are discovering new ocean creatures every day, especially at its deepest depths. From the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCreatures of the Deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEncyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and other books about the ocean and the animals that live there, comes a new title about some of the most unusual marine life forms.\u003cbr\u003eThe book organizes the creatures into three parts based on where they live in the ocean. Each part has representatives from the various marine animal classes (e.g., fish, crustaceans, jellyfish and siphonophores, squids, tunicates and other invertebrates). Informative captions accompany the 90 gorgeous photographs of otherworldly creatures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePart 1: Surface Waters of the Ocean at Night: The Blackwater Vertical Migrators\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn images taken by dedicated blackwater photographers Linda Ianniello and Susan Mears, these mostly larval creatures haunt the near-surface waters making vertical migrations every night to feed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePart 2: Middle to Deep Dark Waters: Masters of the Language of Light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this perpetual night, survival is a matter of being able to understand and process light signals, some in different colors, some flashing, some faint -- the most sophisticated use of bioluminescence on Earth. The sea creatures here are small with big eyes and even larger mouths with extraordinarily sharp teeth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographer David Shale traveled with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBBC Blue Planet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and other expeditions to photograph these deep sea creatures, while photographers Solvin Zankl, Alexander Semenov and others brought their own dedication to expeditions in the Pacific, Indian, Atlantic and Arctic oceans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePart 3. The Continental Shelf to the Abyssal Plain: The Bottom Dwellers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis bottom of the sea has fewer fish, and is populated by such alien-like creatures as no-eyed or tripod fish, sea cucumbers, as well as basket stars, crabs, and worms with species varying by depth and location.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe introduction to each part of the book describes what makes the ocean waters at that depth unique, and why it is home to specific types of sea life. The photographs were taken in the ocean by expert divers and submariners, most of whom are both scientists and underwater photographers. The images display the creatures vividly against a background as black as the ocean depths.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"pc-book-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.25 x 10 in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\/Distributor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Firefly Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780228104674\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Erich Hoyt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Firefly Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67856943612149,"sku":"FFB184","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/2198\/0149\/files\/FFB184_104.jpg?v=1793864626","url":"https:\/\/paracay.com\/products\/strange-sea-creatures-book","provider":"Paradise Cay Publications, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}