Squid Empire

Author : Danna Staaf
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1512601284
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Squid Empire written by Danna Staaf and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before there were mammals on land, there were dinosaurs. And before there were fish in the sea, there were cephalopods-the ancestors of modern squid and Earth's first truly substantial animals. Cephalopods became the first creatures to rise from the seafloor, essentially inventing the act of swimming. With dozens of tentacles and formidable shells, they presided over an undersea empire for millions of years. But when fish evolved jaws, the ocean's former top predator became its most delicious snack. Cephalopods had to step up their game. Many species streamlined their shells and added defensive spines, but these enhancements only provided a brief advantage. Some cephalopods then abandoned the shell entirely, which opened the gates to a flood of evolutionary innovations: masterful camouflage, fin-supplemented jet propulsion, perhaps even dolphin-like intelligence. Squid Empire is an epic adventure spanning hundreds of millions of years, from the marine life of the primordial ocean to the calamari on tonight's menu. Anyone who enjoys the undersea world-along with all those obsessed with things prehistoric-will be interested in the sometimes enormous, often bizarre creatures that ruled the seas long before the first dinosaurs.

Author : Danna Staaf
Publisher : The Experiment
ISBN 13 : 1615197400
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monarchs of the Sea written by Danna Staaf and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before mammals, there were dinosaurs. And before dinosaurs, there were cephalopods. Publisher’s Note: Monarchs of the Sea was previously published in hardcover as Squid Empire. Cephalopods, Earth’s first truly substantial animals, are still among us: Their fascinating family tree features squid, octopuses, nautiluses, and more. The inventors of swimming, cephs presided over the sea for millions of years. But when fish evolved jaws, cephs had to step up their game (or end up on the menu). Some evolved defensive spines. Others abandoned their shells entirely, opening the floodgates for a tidal wave of innovation: masterful camouflage, fin-supplemented jet propulsion, and intelligence we’ve yet to fully measure. In Monarchs of the Sea, marine biologist Danna Staaf unspools how these otherworldly creatures once ruled the deep—and why they still captivate us today.

Author : Martin Wallen
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789143330
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Squid written by Martin Wallen and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In myths and legends, squids are portrayed as fearsome sea-monsters, lurking in the watery deeps waiting to devour humans. Even as modern science has tried to turn those monsters of the deep into unremarkable calamari, squids continue to dominate the nightmares of the Western imagination. Taking inspiration from early weird fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, modern writers such as Jeff VanderMeer depict squids as the absolute Other of human civilization, while non-Western poets such as Daren Kamali depict squids as anything but threats. In Squid, Martin Wallen traces the many different ways humans have thought about and pictured this predatory mollusk: as guardians, harbingers of environmental collapse, or an untapped resource to be exploited. No matter how we have perceived them, squids have always gazed back at us, unblinking, from the dark.

Author : Abby Howard
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683354044
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ocean Renegades! (Earth Before Us #2) written by Abby Howard and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ronnie’s parents go on a business trip and leave her with Miss Lernin for the week, Ronnie is sure she’s in for a big, dinosaur-size adventure. After all, her last trip with Miss Lernin involved real-life dinosaurs! So, when they end up at the aquarium's jellyfish exhibit, Ronnie is confused. Surely jellyfish aren’t as cool as dinosaurs, right? Wrong! Determined to show Ronnie just how interesting prehistoric life was before the age of the dinosaurs, Miss Lernin takes her back in time to the six parts of the Paleozoic era to study the earliest lifeforms on Earth, and how many left the ocean for life on land.

Author : Anthony Ryan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101987952
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Empire of Ashes written by Anthony Ryan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the White Drake's war, the price of freedom is paid in blood and fire.... For hundreds of years, the Ironship Trading Syndicate was fueled by drake blood—and protected by the Blood-blessed, those few who could drink it and wield fearsome powers. But now the very thing that sustained the corporate world threatens to destroy it. A drake of unimaginable power has risen, and it commands an army of both beasts and men. Rogue Blood-blessed Claydon Torcreek, Syndicate agent Lizanne Lethridge and Ironship captain Corrick Hilemore have been spread to disparate corners of the world, but they are united in their desire to defeat the White Drake and the Spoiled who follow it. Humanity itself is at stake, but with the aid of ancient knowledge, revolutionary technology and unexpected allies, all hope is not lost. Saving the world will require sacrifice, as Clay, Lizanne and Hilemore will see all they know either consumed by flames or reborn from the ashes.

Author : Michael Weigall
Publisher : Corgi Books
ISBN 13 : 9780552992664
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cat Empire written by Michael Weigall and published by Corgi Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Candace Fleming
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596435992
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Giant Squid written by Candace Fleming and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A nonfiction picture book exploring the mysterious life of the elusive giant squid"--

Author : Danna Staaf
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1615197419
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods written by Danna Staaf and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Nursery Earth, a “nimble, fast, surprising, smart, and weird in the very coolest sense of the word” (Sy Montgomery) exploration of the sometimes enormous, often bizarre creatures that ruled the seas long before the first dinosaurs—a Science Friday Book Club Pick Cephalopods, Earth’s first truly substantial animals, are still among us: Their fascinating family tree features squid, octopuses, nautiluses, and more. The inventors of swimming, cephs presided over the sea for millions of years. But when fish evolved jaws, cephs had to step up their game (or end up on the menu). Some evolved defensive spines. Others abandoned their shells entirely, opening the floodgates for a tidal wave of innovation: masterful camouflage, fin-supplemented jet propulsion, and intelligence we’ve yet to fully measure. In Monarchs of the Sea, marine biologist Danna Staaf unspools how these otherworldly creatures once ruled the deep—and why they still captivate us today. Publisher’s Note: Monarchs of the Sea was previously published in hardcover as Squid Empire.

Author : Stefan Milosavljevich
Publisher : Neon Squid
ISBN 13 : 1684492122
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of Ancient Worlds written by Stefan Milosavljevich and published by Neon Squid. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting nonfiction stories of intrepid archaeologists and their amazing discoveries from history, written by archaeology YouTuber Stefan Milosavljevich.

Author : Jourdan Binger
Publisher : Jourdan binger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eternal Heights written by Jourdan Binger and published by Jourdan binger. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Jake Matthews was in a near fatal car accident. He somehow woke up to find out he was actually in the afterlife by an accident or an error. The thing is that has never happened before and his body is still in a coma state back on earth. * When he is met by one of his creators who is also in a state of shock about why he is in the afterlife to soon. His First question to his creator is "Are you my creator and God." He replied " No and we have no Idea who our creator is either." Typical. You come face to face with your assumed creator just to find out he's just a middleman to the creator and your back to square one of man's biggest controversial question. He sets out on a journey with one of his Gods on the Universal Highway to find out He is a lot more important than he origianlly thought to be. * Travelling through Galaxies and meeting Gods first creation, Jake must go through trials and show the entire Galaxy why he is worthy of being God's second begotten son. An amazing journey that sheds light on what is to happen after your life on Earth ends and your journey in Eternal Height's begins. It will shock and question everything you believed to be true of your existence as a human and what is surely out there in the Universe. ///////////////////////////////////////////// Written by: Jourdan Binger For: Dad For information on new releases and information email at [email protected]