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New Zealand's great white sharks : how science is revealing their secrets

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "Great white sharks are one of the world's most impressive and familiar predators - but until recently we knew surprisingly little about them. This book changes all that, opening a window into the amazing world of New Zealand's great whites. Join Kiwi shark scientists Malcolm Francis and Clinton Duffy as they track great white sharks from the cool waters of southern New Zealand to the warm waters of the Great Barrier Reef and the tropical Pacific.

    Discover how electronic tags have revolutionised the study of great whites, revealing that these mighty ocean predators are international travellers that dive to depths of more than a kilometre as they journey to and from shark hotspots at Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands. Visit Australia's shark nurseries, meet the Stewart Island shark gang and join the teenage great white sharks, Nicholas Cage and Pip, on their travels. Award-winning natural history writer and broadcaster Alison Ballance has been following the New Zealand great white shark project for the last decade. She takes readers out on a research boat to experience first-hand the thrill of encountering and tagging a great white shark, follows the excitement - and frustration - of tracking their movements around the southwest Pacific, and uses science to paint a portrait of great white sharks as you've never understood them before. Find out what pieces of the great white shark puzzle have been solved, and what questions remain unanswered, in a science adventure book for young adults and anyone with an interest in sharks and the sea."--Publisher's description.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    QL638.95.L3 BAL (Library of Congress Call Number)

    88237 (Cat ID)

    88079 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    New Zealand's great white sharks : how science is revealing their secrets
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Potton & Burton
  • Place
  • Date
    2016
  • Physical Description

    84 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780947503185
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Sharks--New Zealand--Juvenile literature; White shark--New Zealand--Juvenile literature]

    Includes index. New Zealand author.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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