| | The Shark: Splendid Savage of the Sea (The Undersea Discoveries of Jacques-Yves Cousteau) |  | Authors: Jacques-yves Cousteau, Phillipe Cousteau
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2660482
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 273
ASIN: B000WLRTKG
Publication Date: 1970
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Studying Sharks at Sea October 18, 2007
This 1970 book tells about the Cousteau expedition to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and other waters. They uncovered marine fossils in the mountains of Malagasy. Their adventures were filmed to be shown on the television screens of the world. There were many financial obstacles, problems of research and documentation, the efforts of thousands of dives, and the weather problems at sea. Chapter 1 tells why the great blue shark is the most beautiful of all sharks. It is one of the most dangerous, and never runs in packs. Sharks fascinate people. This chapter tells about the 130-foot `Calypso' and the crew. There are many creatures in the sea that can kill a man (Chapter 2).
Chapter 3 tells of "the perfect killer", the long-armed open sea sharks. Sharks can detect pressure changes in water and have a keen sense of smell. Sharks often prey on mammals (Chapter 4). Dolphins can attack and kill sharks. Sharks attack dolphins for food. The killer whale is the most dangerous. Beating the water with your hands or crying out in the water will cause an attack by a shark (p.66). The odor of dead sharks repels other sharks (p.75). Chapter 6 explains how sharks are tagged. These Red Sea sharks are mostly territorial, staying in one place. Sharks can attack suddenly without warning. Chapter 7 tells how a shark attacked a dummy diver. A rubber diving suit offers no protection. Sharks do not usually eat carrion unless they are hungry (p.105). Sharks can preserve food in their stomachs for long periods (p.108). They did not find any device that would repel sharks.
Chapters 8, 9, and 10 tell of their experiences in the Red Sea (Derraka). A pack of small sharks present a danger to divers (p.141). The Shab Arab Reef protects small fish and attracts sharks. A feeding frenzy occurs. Divers were attacked by tiny isopods that bit off minute particles of flesh (p.192). Chapter 11 describes their meeting with a whale shark, the largest fish in the world. It eats plankton. There are various legends about sharks. Primitive peoples respected sharks because they feared them (p.212). Chapter 12 tells how sharks are studied by ringing a bell for feeding. The conclusions on shark behavior are in Chapter 13. All sharks are dangerous, large or small (p.236). Fear of a shark can provoke an attack (p.237). They offer practical advice about avoiding a shark attack (pp.239-240). Appendix B has drawings of ships, sharks, and their equipment.
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