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03341aam a22003498i 4500 001 7A2B2C30173711EFA068004147ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240521010044 008 231115s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023052843 020 $a 0593598075 020 $a 9780593598078 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a QL638.9 $b .L627 2024 082 00 $2 23/eng/20231221 100 1 $a Long, John A., $d 1957- $e author. 245 14 $a THE SECRET HISTORY OF SHARKS : $b THE RISE OF THE OCEAN'S MOST FEARSOME PREDATORS / $c John Long. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2407 264 1 $a New York : $b Ballantine Books, $c [2024] 300 $a pages cm 500 $a 2024/07/02 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "From ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this is the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth's ultimate survivors, by a world-leading paleontologist Sharks have been fighting for their lives for 500 million years and are under direthreat today. They are the longest surviving vertebrate on Earth, outlasting multiple mass extinction events that decimated life on the planet. How did they thrive so long? By developing superpower-like abilities that allowed them to ascend to the top ofthe oceanic food chain. Yet they often found themselves in the shadows of larger, more formidable killers-and they not only survived, but also took their crown as the king of the sea. The Secret History of Sharks is the thrilling story of sharks' unparalleled reign. Because of recent technological breakthroughs scientists' understanding of sharks has taken a quantum leap forward in the last decade. John Long has been on the cutting edge of this research and in this masterwork weaves a fully updated and unexpected tale of shark's extraordinary evolutionary adventure. Along the way, The Secret History of Sharks introduces an enormous range of incredible organisms: a thirty-foot-long shark with a deadly saw blade of jagged teeth protruding from its lower jaws, a monster giant clams crusher, and bizarre sharks fossilized while in their mating ritual, and also includes startling new facts about the mighty megalodon, with its sixty-six-foot-long body, massive jaws, and six-inch serrated teeth that allowed it to dismember baleen whales. The book showcases the global search to discover sharks' secret history, led by Long and dozens of other extraordinary scientists. They embark on digs to all seven continents, investigating layers of earth to reveal never-before-found fossils and the clues to sharks' singular story. With insights into the threats to sharks today, how sharks contribute to medical advances, and the lessons sharks can teach us for our own survival, The Secret History of Sharks is a thrilling storyof scientific discovery with ramifications far beyond the ocean"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Sharks. $9 75311 650 0 $a Sharks $x Evolution. 650 0 $a Sharks, Fossil. $9 95135 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Long, John A., 1957- $t Secret history of sharks $b First edition $d New York : Ballantine Books, [2024] $z 9780593598085 $w (DLC) 2023052844 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240521010625.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7A2B2C30173711EFA068004147ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search