Eel [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Schweid

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785465703321
• Autore: Schweid Richard <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Reaktion, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-79612-7; 9786612796128; 1-86189-747-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Collana: Animal
• Disciplina: 597.43; 597.432; 597/.432
• Soggetti: Eels; Osteichthyes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Eel Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Eel Question; 2 Endangered Eel; 3 Classical Eel; 4 Puritans and Victorians; 5 Sniggling; 6 Cultured Eel, Cultural Eel; Timeline of the Eel; References; Select Bibliography; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When pulled from the mud of creeks, ponds, rivers, or the sea, the eel, with its slick, snake-like body, emerges as an extremely mundane and even unappealing fish. But don't let the appearance fool you-the eel has been one of the world's favorite foods si