Extraordinary Fish - Softcover

Dipper, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0563534095 ISBN 13: 9780563534099

Publisher: BBC Books, 2001

Synopsis

TV tie-in: The Blue Planet on ABC-TV late 2001. This book shows the amazing transformations in body form and behaviour that have enabled fish to take up many diverse and fascinating lifestyles. They have adapted to survive in deep oceans and muddy freshwater puddles, from the freezing Antarctic to hot desert springs. Ages 10+.

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Review:

With some 25,000 species, there are many more kinds of fish than mammals alive today. To scan the whole of their world is a tall order but Frances Dipper's Extraordinary Fish provides a beautifully illustrated overview of these remarkable creatures, who were around over 350 million years ago. Since they have been around for a lot longer than mammals it is not surprising that they are so diverse and successful. Fish have occupied virtually all the corners of the aquatic world from the wonderful variety of cichlids which live far inland in the lakes of the East African Rift Valley to the rat-tails which haunt the wreck of the Titanic and the monstrous-looking angler fish of ocean depths. As an expert on fish and author of a number of popular books on marine life, Frances Dipper is well equipped to introduce the huge welter of information about fish to the general reader. Packed with information, and with an illustration on practically every page, Extraordinary Fish shows how life, survival and reproduction are as difficult for a fish as for any other animal. In the aquatic world Nature can be just as red in tooth if not in claw as on land. There are timely reminders of how important fish are to life in general and how foolish we are to allow overfishing. Extraordinary Fish is one of three spin-offs (with Killer Whales and Dolphins) from the hugely successful Blue Planet book and BBC TV series. Ideal for any wannabe ichthyologist, Extraordinary Fish has an index and further information for school children lucky enough to have this informative and attractive book in their library or home.-- Douglas Palmer

About the Author:

Dr. Frances Dipper is an independent marine consultant, underwater photographer, and author. She has extensive firsthand experience of studying fish underwater in the UK, Middle East, and Asia. Dr. Frances Dipper is author of British Sea Fishes and has written and been a consultant for numerous other books and popular articles on the underwater world, both for children and adults. She has run many expeditions and marine courses for divers and naturalists through the Marine Conservation Society and is a part-time tutor for the Board of Continuing Education at Cambridge University, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: BBC Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0563534095
• ISBN 13: 9780563534099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96