Sea Life

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TTieColor Nature Library
SEA LIFE
By MAURICE and JANE BURTON
Two thirds of the earth s surface is covered by the sea. Beneath its restless waves exists a mysterious world inhabited by a greater profusion and variety of animal life than has ever invaded dry land. In this undersea world of infinite wonder and complexity are found some of the most colourful and beautiful, animals that have ever evolved, as well as some of the most bizarre. The largest animal that has ever existed still lives there: the mighty Blue Whale. Turtles and penguins, sea lions and sharks wing their ways through the clear sunlit surface waters, while vast shoals of silvery fishes and an infinity of minute planktonic animals dart or simply drift with the currents. In the cold dark depths, where light never penetrates, live grotesque fishes carruing their own lanterns to lure their mates or prey But it is around the shallow fringes of the sea. where the beaches end and the underwater community takes over,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

TTieColor Nature Library
SEA LIFE
By MAURICE and JANE BURTON
Two thirds of the earth s surface is covered by the sea. Beneath its restless waves exists a mysterious world inhabited by a greater profusion and variety of animal life than has ever invaded dry land. In this undersea world of infinite wonder and complexity are found some of the most colourful and beautiful, animals that have ever evolved, as well as some of the most bizarre. The largest animal that has ever existed still lives there: the mighty Blue Whale. Turtles and penguins, sea lions and sharks wing their ways through the clear sunlit surface waters, while vast shoals of silvery fishes and an infinity of minute planktonic animals dart or simply drift with the currents. In the cold dark depths, where light never penetrates, live grotesque fishes carruing their own lanterns to lure their mates or prey But it is around the shallow fringes of the sea. where the beaches end and the underwater community takes over, that the variety of colour and form is at its most riotous: fishes like living jewels: crabs and shrimps in strange colours and even stranger ¦shapes: delicate, flowerlike anemones and corals: octopuses, creeping and camouflaged: and sea urchins, starfishes, snails, sponges, worms i )f vivid or sLibtle hues, of vivacious or stolid natures, swirri. crawl or blossom on everv square inch of rocks or reef
Sea Life explores this hidden world (if strangeness, colour and beautv The manv brilliant photograph-; offer a rare opportunity to studv in detail little knov\'n animals otherwise onlv fleetinglu glimpsed, and tlie authoritative, livelu text explains the complex lives and habits of the creatures portraved. Text and pictures together make this a book to stir the imagination of all who love the beautv of nature and feel the fascination of the seas. Vissza