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Autore: | Eyers Jonathan |
Titolo: | How to snog a hagfish! : disgusting things in the sea / / Jonathan Eyers |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : Adlard Coles, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
Disciplina: | 591.92 |
Soggetto topico: | Marine animals |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Introduction; 01 Looks Aren't Everything; 02 Disgusting Diets; 03 Disgusting Defences; 04 Disgusting Habits; 05 Monsters of the Deep; 06 Shark Alert!; 07 The Best of the Rest of the Worst; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | For most people, seasickness is the most unpleasant thing they experience at sea. However, beneath the surface is a whole other world, and a lot of it could turn all but the strongest stomachs. When attacked, the hagfish (also known as the slime eel) ties itself in a knot that travels the length of its body, squeezing out mucus by the bucketful and making it impossible for a predator to keep hold. To eat, a starfish regurgitates its stomach, digests its food then swallows its stomach back down again. Pearlfish stick close to sea cucumbers, whose bowels they swim into when danger's near. And wi |
Titolo autorizzato: | How to snog a hagfish |
ISBN: | 1-280-11850-4 |
9786613522795 | |
1-4081-4061-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910809557103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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