Kategoria BISAC: Nature >> Animals - Marine Life

"PEARLS OF CREATION A-Z OF PEARLS" WILL APPEAL TO READERS OF ALL AGES, WITH NUMEROUS DIFFERENT INTERESTS, INCLUDING LIBRARIES, SCHOLARS, PEARL LOVERS, JEWELLERS AND GEMOLOGISTS. IT COVERS GOD'S CREATION OF MARINE LIFE, NATURE CONSERVATION, HATCHERIES, ANTIQUES, COLLECTABLES, DIVING, KNOWING REAL PEARLS FROM FAKE PEARLS AND MANY MORE SUBJECTS INCLUDING CARING FOR YOUR PEARLS. LITTLE KNOWN HISTORY OF WILLIAM SAVILLE-KENT, THE PEARLY KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND AND NEW INFORMATION ON CAVE PEARLS IN NEW MEXICO CAN BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK. THE FASCINATING HISTORY, DEDICATION AND PASSION WITH...

This book is divided into three main parts: a general introduction to the...

This important scientific volume comprehensively explores the biology and ecological status of manatees and dugongs in all of the geographic regions where they can be found today, from the Caribbean to Eastern Africa, from Arabia to the Amazon, and from Japan through the South Pacific to Australia.
Many of these dwindling populations are situated in developing countries--locales that have previously received little attention in the scientific literature.
In these areas, people occupying rivers or coastlines still capture sirenians for food and other uses (oil, bones for carving,...

A thrilling guided tour through the world of sharks and their relationship with human communities around the globe.
From Belize to South Africa, from Shanghai to Bimini, we see that sharks are still the object of an obsession that may eventually lead to their extinction. In this eye-opening adventure that spans the globe, environmental journalist Juliet Eilperin investigates the fascinating ways different individuals and cultures relate to the ocean's top predator. Along the way, she reminds us why, after millions of years, sharks remain among nature's most awe-inspiring creatures....

Only eleven hundred Hawaiian monk seals survive in the wild. Without intervention, they face certain extinction within fifty years. When a two-day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup, later named Kauai Pup 2, or KP2, is attacked and abandoned by his mother on a beach, he is rushed off on a journey that will take him across the ocean to the California marine lab of eminent wildlife biologist Dr. Terrie M. Williams. As Williams works with the boisterous KP2 to save his species, she forms a...

An Oprah.com "Best Book for National Reading Month"

Forget the Kama Sutra. When it comes to inventive sex acts, just look to the sea. There we find the elaborate mating rituals of armored lobsters; giant right whales engaging in a lively threesome whilst holding their breath; full moon sex parties of groupers and daily mating blitzes by blueheaded wrasse. Deep-sea squid perform inverted 69s, while hermaphrodite sea slugs link up in giant sex loops. From doubly endowed sharks to the maze-like vaginas of some whales, Sex in the Sea is a journey unlike any other to explore...

An artfully illustrated alphabet of ocean life. Each letter is crafted with new sea creatures--from anemones to zebra sea slugs, and every form of fish in between. Good for hours of coloring and relaxation amidst pages filled with undersea animals.

+ Dozens of coloring pages designed for adults

+ Each page features a letter illustrated with sea creatures that start with that letter

+ Includes a guide to the animals and plants depicted in each letter

+ Designed for relaxation and inspiration

+ Variety of illustrations ensures something for every skill...