{"product_id":"creatures-of-the-deep-in-search-of-the-sea-s-monsters-and-th-9780228103295b","title":"Creatures of the Deep: In Search of the Sea's Monsters and the World They Live In (Updated 3rd Edition)","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"More than a picture book...Hoyt's elegant writing provides both the historical background for deep-sea exploration and an ecological perspective on life in the ocean's depths.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAmerican Scientist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A magnificent bestiary...and a reminder of how little we actually know about the seas surrounding us.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePopular Science\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner, Outstanding Nonfiction Book of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e--\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAmerican Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc\u003c\/span\u003e., New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this updated third edition of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCreatures of the Deep\u003c\/span\u003e, award-winning nature and science writer Erich Hoyt gives readers a glimpse of the amazing variety of creatures found in the deepest parts of the ocean. Weaving together details from the latest scientific research about sharks, giant squid, dragonfish, huge tube worms, clams and tiny microbes of the deep-sea vents, Hoyt embarks on a magical journey roaming across the abyssal plains and descending into deep-sea trenches more than 20,000 feet down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoyt unravels the complex predator-prey relationships, from \"killer\" copepods to battles between giant squid and sperm whales, presenting compelling portraits of animals that are superbly adapted denizens of a dark high-pressure world. There are life forms, independent of sunlight and photosynthesis, which flourish around the hot, sulfurous deep-sea vents in the magnificent rift valley of the mid-ocean ridge, the world's longest mountain range. Surviving in conditions that appear to be close to the very soup of primordial Earth, these microbes have become the basis for the latest research into Earth's origins. This book is fully illustrated with fantastic underwater imagery.","brand":"Firefly Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822492422224,"sku":"9780228103295B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780228103295-l.jpg?v=1785888209","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/creatures-of-the-deep-in-search-of-the-sea-s-monsters-and-th-9780228103295b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}