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Download or read book Millions of Eels written by Howard Small and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text describes the life cycle of the freshwater eel.
Download or read book Eels written by James Prosek and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Eels [is] more than a fish book. It is an impassioned defense of nature itself. . . . [Prosek] passes on the truth that the often disdained eel, like all migratory fish, is vital and mysterious and worthy of our full effort to bring it back.” — New York Times Book Review “A wonderful account of far-flung travels in pursuit of the secrets of the earth’s most mysterious fish. . . . Fascinating and beautifully rendered.” — Peter Matthiessen Famous for his deeply informed, compulsively readable books on trout, James Prosek (whom the New York Times has called “the Audubon of the fishing world”) takes on nature’s quirkiest and most enigmatic fish: the eel. Fans of Mark Kurlansky’s Cod and The Big Oyster or Trevor Corson’s The Secret Life of Lobsters will love Prosek’s probing exploration of the hidden deep-water dwellers. With characteristically captivating prose and lavish illustrations, Prosek demystifies the eel’s unique biology and bizarre mating routines, and illuminates the animal’s varied roles in the folklore, cuisine, and commerce of a variety of cultures.
Book Synopsis The Book of Eels by : Patrik Svensson
Download or read book The Book of Eels written by Patrik Svensson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize National Bestseller Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book One of TIME’s 100 Must Read Books of the Year One of The Washington Post’s 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of the Year One of Smithsonian Magazine’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Nonfiction Books of the Year A New York Times Editor’s Choice Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world’s most elusive fish—the eel—and a reflection on the human condition Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the “eel question”: Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature altogether? Even today, in an age of advanced science, no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth, and we still don’t understand what drives them, after living for decades in freshwater, to swim great distances back to the ocean at the end of their lives. They remain a mystery. Drawing on a breadth of research about eels in literature, history, and modern marine biology, as well as his own experience fishing for eels with his father, Patrik Svensson crafts a mesmerizing portrait of an unusual, utterly misunderstood, and completely captivating animal. In The Book of Eels, we meet renowned historical thinkers, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud to Rachel Carson, for whom the eel was a singular obsession. And we meet the scientists who spearheaded the search for the eel’s point of origin, including Danish marine biologist Johannes Schmidt, who led research efforts in the early twentieth century, catching thousands upon thousands of eels, in the hopes of proving their birthing grounds in the Sargasso Sea. Blending memoir and nature writing at its best, Svensson’s journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death. The result is a gripping and slippery narrative that will surprise and enchant.
Download or read book The Book of Eels written by Tom Fort and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys? The eel. Beginning life in the Sargasso Sea, the eel travels across the ocean, lives for twenty or so years, and then is driven by some instinct back across the ocean to spawn and die. And the next generation starts the story again. No one knows why the eels return, or how the orphaned elvers learn their way back. One man discovered, after many adventures, the breeding ground of all eels - and he is the hero of this book. Eels were being caught and consumed 5000 years before the birth of Christ - Aristotle and Pliny wrote about them; Romans regarded them as a peerless delicacy; Egyptians accorded them semi-sacred status; English kings died of overeating them. There are many strange practices among eel fishers all over the world, and many great fortunes based upon the eel harvest. The Book of Eels, a combination of social comment, biography and natural history, is also a fascinating and witty account of Tom Fort's obsession with the eel, his journeying to discover the eel in all its habitats, and the people he meets in his pursuit.
Download or read book Moray Eels written by Lindsay Shaffer and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moray eel darts out of a crack in the reef. Time for dinner! The eel’s extra set of jaws chomp at a passing fish. Moray eels thrive in the coral reef thanks to their many special adaptations. In this low-level, readers explore how eels were made the coral reef biome. Special features highlight additional information such as range, conservation status, life span, and diet.
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Download or read book The Eel written by F. Tesch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: by Dr P .H. Greenwood British Museum (Natural History), London Dr Tesch's wide ranging account of anguillid eels impinges on the interests of many biologists; it is not simply a specialized tome narrowly aimed at ichthyologists and fishery scientists, rather it provides a source of primary reference and a comprehensive sununary of informa tion that is not likely to be superseded for a long time. It is significant that the bibliography includes references to learned journals concerned with physiology, pharmacology, taxonomy, genetics, zoology, endo crinology, botany, ecology and environmental interactions. Such is the breadth of interest in the Anguillidae. Few fish species have been subjected to as detailed review as Dr Tesch gives for the (wo Atlantic species of Anguilla. An equally comprehensive resume of research into the fourteen, rather less well-studied Indo Pacific species gives balance and reciprocal illumination to several biological problems posed by these similar but quite distinctive species.
Book Synopsis Rewilding North America by : Dave Foreman
Download or read book Rewilding North America written by Dave Foreman and published by . This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rewilding North America, Dave Foreman takes on arguably the biggest ecological threat of our time: the global extinction crisis. He not only explains the problem in clear and powerful terms, but also offers a bold, hopeful, scientifically credible, and practically achievable solution. Foreman begins by setting out the specific evidence that a mass extinction is happening and analyzes how humans are causing it. Adapting Aldo Leopold's idea of ecological wounds, he details human impacts on species survival in seven categories, including direct killing, habitat loss and fragmentation, exotic species, and climate change. Foreman describes recent discoveries in conservation biology that call for wildlands networks instead of isolated protected areas, and, reviewing the history of protected areas, shows how wildlands networks are a logical next step for the conservation movement. The final section describes specific approaches for designing such networks (based on the work of the Wildlands Project, an organization Foreman helped to found) and offers concrete and workable reforms for establishing them. The author closes with an inspiring and empowering call to action for scientists and activists alike. Rewilding North America offers both a vision and a strategy for reconnecting, restoring, and rewilding the North American continent, and is an essential guidebook for anyone concerned with the future of life on earth.
Book Synopsis Report and Recommendations, with Interim Report, Precis of Evidence and Seven Appendices by : Canada. Dominion Shad Fishery Commission
Download or read book Report and Recommendations, with Interim Report, Precis of Evidence and Seven Appendices written by Canada. Dominion Shad Fishery Commission and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biology and Ecology of Anguillid Eels by : Takaomi Arai
Download or read book Biology and Ecology of Anguillid Eels written by Takaomi Arai and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anguillid eels have fascinated biologists for centuries due to their spectacular long-distance migrations between freshwater habitats and their spawning areas far out in the ocean. This book provides a long overdue update on the biology and ecology of anguillid eels and features comprehensive coverage of the key features of the genus Anguilla. It c
Book Synopsis Consider the Eel by : Richard Schweid
Download or read book Consider the Eel written by Richard Schweid and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eel's life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia. "The eeler who explained the animal's life cycle to me did so as he served up an eel he had just taken from a trap, killed, cleaned, and cooked in olive oil in an earthenware dish," writes Schweid. "I ate it with a chunk of fresh, crusty bread. It was delicious. I was immediately fascinated." As this engaging culinary and natural history reveals, the humble eel is indeed an amazing creature. Every European and American eel begins its life in the Sargasso Sea--a vast, weedy stretch of deep Atlantic waters between Bermuda and the Azores. Larval eels drift for up to three years until they reach the rivers of North America or Europe, where they mature and live as long as two decades before returning to the Sargasso to mate and die. Eels have never been bred successfully in captivity. Consulting fisherfolk, cooks, and scientists, Schweid takes the reader on a global tour to reveal the economic and gastronomic importance of eel in places such as eastern North Carolina, Spain, Northern Ireland, England, and Japan. (While this rich yet mild-tasting fish has virtually disappeared from U.S. tables, over $2 billion worth of eel is still eagerly consumed in Europe and Asia each year.) The book also includes recipes, both historic and contemporary, for preparing eel.
Book Synopsis Annual Report by : Great Britain. Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries (England and Wales)
Download or read book Annual Report written by Great Britain. Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries (England and Wales) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reports from Commissioners by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Download or read book Reports from Commissioners written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Discover Moray Eels by : Kathryn Beaton
Download or read book Discover Moray Eels written by Kathryn Beaton and published by Cherry Lake Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Level 3 guided reader introduces basic facts about moray eels, including their physical characteristics, diet, and habitat. Simple callouts ask the student to think in new ways, supporting inquiry-based reading. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
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Download or read book The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register by : Thomas Campbell
Download or read book New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register written by Thomas Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Things the Grandchildren Should Know by : Mark Oliver Everett
Download or read book Things the Grandchildren Should Know written by Mark Oliver Everett and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the relentless tragedies in his life for inspiration in writing highly acclaimed music with his indie rock group, the Eels, Everett pens a memoir that is a rich and poignant narrative on coming of age, love, death, and the creative vision.