Sharks: The Perfect Predator

by Alessandro De Maddalena, Walter Heim (Photographer), Vittorio Gabriotti (Photographer)

Fascinating, graceful, and powerful, sharks are the sea’s most feared predators, and this new guide sympathetically examines their physiological, anatomical, and behavioral adaptations. Stunning photographs complement the most complete and updated information on the diets and predatory tactics of these ferocious, misunderstood, and endangered animals. Answers are provided to a myriad of questions, such as What predatory tactics do sharks use to catch their prey? Why do some attack humans? and Which animals are especially vulnerable to shark predation?

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Tomáš · Rating 4 out of 5]

No matter what have you thought about sharks before, this book will help you uncover their lives in a great (white) detail. The variety of these majestic creatures might hardly conclude into one book, but De Maddalena is nevertheless guiding the reader chapter by chapter, and getting closer to their physical parameters, behavioral, hunting, their impact on environment, and the environment's impact on them, etc etc. Yet still in general way of speaking with tons of example. An eye-opener, informative and capturing.

What I personally miss with this book is a overview of shark species, maybe with their distinctive characteristics, in a sort of "encyclopedish" way.