Demon fish : travels through the hidden world of sharks

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Demon fish : travels through the hidden world of sharks / Juliet Eilperin.

Summary:

In this globe-spanning adventure, environmental journalist Juliet Eilperin investigates the 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. From Belize to South Africa, from Shanghai to Bimini, sharks are still the object of an obsession that may eventually lead to their extinction. This is why movie stars and professional athletes go shark hunting in Miami, and why shark's fin soup remains a coveted status symbol in China. Yet people and sharks can exist alongside one another: surfers tolerate their presence off Cape Town and ecotourists swim with sharks that locals in the Yucatǹ no longer have to hunt. With a reporter's instinct for a good story and a scientist's curiosity, Eilperin offers us an up-close understanding of these extraordinary creatures in the most illuminating shark encounter you're likely to find outside a steel cage.--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780375425127 (hbk.)
ISBN: 0375425128 (hbk.)
Physical Description: xxi, 295 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273-281]) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Shark -- The world-famous shark caller -- An ancient fish -- A demon fish -- Dried seafood street -- The shark sleuths -- Shark trackers -- Living with sharks -- Fish fight -- Gawking at jaws -- Shark nirvana.