The Shark: Splendid Savage of the Sea

Heavy book, super thick sturdy pages. New books are printed on cheap paper that's one step above newsprint. Bought this used. Kids and I have been watching Cousteau videos on YouTube. Great stuff.

My nephew is going to think I rock!

My daughter had several books from this series but was missing the shark edition. This is a great book and even though it is outdated, it still contains excellent information. Jacques Cousteau broke ground with his sea exploration and this is a good read.

I ordered this book and received the same book but a completely different edition. Cover was different and I only ordered this to get the original I used to love. Very bad curve ball they threw at me, and then when I emailed them to let them know my issue they never got back to me. I'd give no stars for service if I could.

I was hoping I'd learn something about sharks, but I didn't. All I learned is that Cousteau is very good at feeding them. Includes lots of color photos and black-and-white drawings, two appendices, and an index. There were quite a few factual errors in this book. For example, they saw a 15-foot blue shark (p. 36) and claim that they can get to 20 feet (figure 11). They only get to 12.5 feet. They state gray whales get to 65 feet (p. 56), when they only get to 49 feet. They refer to silvertip sharks as "whitetip reef sharks", even though this name is normally applied to Triaenodon obesus, not Carcharhinus albimarginatus. They claim whale sharks get to 65 feet, when the longest reliably measured was only about 40 feet. They also stated that the "Lake Nicaragua shark" is related to the mako, when it is now known to be a freshwater population of bull shark. I read the 1970 hardcover edition.

Although Cousteaus arn't marine biologists, the book does a fine job of describing their adventures underwater with sharks. Some of the stories depict courageous acts and an enthusiasm for underwater adventure that make the book engaging. There has been better and more scientific studies more recently on sharks of course, but this book is worth having in you library if you are interested in the subject. The illustrations by Jean-charles Roux are excellent. The photographs are good. This book is also certainly a history too: a history of the popularization of our excursion into the underwater world by the Custeaus. Not a five star because it is dated, but five star in most other respects.If you were to collect the whole collection I would think it would be quite a good set at that.

and here i was thinking that i had a hard-to-find book. it didn't take me long to finish this book written by jacques and his son phillipe cousteau.it is a journal of their journey studying sharks.a very detailed account of their studies with their crew and worthwhile to learn more about sharks.eventhough this was written some time ago,it should still be used as a good reference.i learned alot about sharks that i hadn't already known,as well about other aspects of the ocean.it was nice to hear more about the whale shark,and i hadn't heard about sea mosquitoes until now.so,especially at those prices,buy this book if you are interested in oceanography,sharks,diving and just the ocean in general.good and knowledgable book.

I loved this book as a youth. The copy I received looked excellent considering its age. Spine was fully intact, the covers and pages were in excellent condition. I am very happy to have this wonderful tome in my hands again.

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