Slippery beast : a true crime natural history, with eels /
"What is it about eels? Depending on who you ask, they are a pest, a fascination, a threat, a pot of gold. What they are not is predictable. Eels emerged some 200 million years ago, weathered mass extinctions and continental shifts, and were once among the world's most abundant freshwater...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Abrams Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | "What is it about eels? Depending on who you ask, they are a pest, a fascination, a threat, a pot of gold. What they are not is predictable. Eels emerged some 200 million years ago, weathered mass extinctions and continental shifts, and were once among the world's most abundant freshwater fish. But since the 1970s, their numbers have plummeted. Because eels--as unagi--are another thing: delicious. ..."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Physical Description: | 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781419765858 141976585X |