02160cam a2200337 i 4500 1278398549 TxAuBib 20240523120000.0 220819s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022040088 9780226818030 0226818039 (OCoLC)1341845489 TxAuBib rda King, Richard J., author. Ocean bestiary : meeting marine life from abalone to orca to zooplankton / written and illustrated by Richard J. King. London : The University of Chicago Press, 2023. ©2023. xi, 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Oceans in depth Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index. "Ocean Bestiary tells the history of our relationship with the sea, one animal at a time, from A to Z. From the earliest Polynesian navigators to the pilots of deep-sea submersibles today, humans have been exploring the globe's most dominant and inaccessible ecosystem and bringing home to those ashore breathtaking accounts of what they observed. Jumping off from the stories of whalemen, pirates, explorers, immigrants, naturalists, writers, painters, and cruiser-sailors-some famous, some entirely unknown and unpublished-this little book examines and shares what it was they saw. Ocean Bestiary crosses a range of geographies and oceanic environments, from shallows to depths and including coral reefs, upwelling zones, and more. It covers an equally wide range of organisms as well, from tiny zooplankton to immense whales. In playful prose, Richard J. King unfurls his stories and their relevance today for our understanding of environmental history, the history of marine biology, and our shifting perceptions of the ocean"-- Provided by publisher. 20240523. Marine animals. fast Aquatic animals. Marine organisms. Oceans in depth.