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Can squid fly? : answers to a host of fascinating questions about the sea and sea life / Tony Rice

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Dobbs Ferry, NY : Sheridan House Inc., 2011.

Ocean -- Miscellanea.

Marine sciences -- Miscellanea.

9781574093063 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

1574093061 (pbk. : alk. paper)

vii, 153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Life in the oceans. How many different creatures live in the oceans? ; Why do animals and plants have unpronounceable Latin names? ; What is the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature? ; What are red tides? ; What are foraminiferans and radiolarians? ; Are corals animals? ; Do sea wasp sting? ; What are the echinoderms? ; What makes a crab a crab? ; What are barnacles? ; What is the blue-ringed octopus? ; Can squid fly? ; Why do you find turtles wandering around in the open ocean? ; Could the story of Jonah and the whale be true? ; Where does the name 'whale' come from? ; Do all whales live in the sea? ; How long do whales live-- and how do we know? ; What is the difference between seals and sea lions? -- Edible marine biology. What are scallops? ; How did scallops get their name? ; What are green-lipped mussels? ; What is tomalley? ; What are 'seafood sticks' or 'crab stocks'? ; When is a pollack not a pollack? ; What are monkfish? ; What are basa fish? ; What are sea bass? ; What are sea bream? ; What is the orange roughy? ; What are butterfish? ; What are swordfish? ; What are black halibut? ; What is hoki? ; What is coley? -- Ocean facts and figures. Is there a maximum depth that things will sink to in the ocean? ; Did the Mediterranean really dry up once? ; How narrow(or wide) is the Strait of Gibraltar? ; Why is the Black Sea called the Black Sea? ; What is the Black Sea deluge theory? ; Where and what is the Sargasso Sea? ; Is there really such a thing as the Bermuda Triangle? ; What is the deep sea floor made of? ; What are manganese nodules ; What are methane clathrates? ; Why is there oil and gas under the sea floor? ; What is the SOFAR channel? ; Why should oceanographers be interested in rubber ducks? -- fishing. How much fish do we take from the oceans? ; Why are there so many Chinese fishing boats around the world? ; How important is fish farming? ; What is the Marine Stewardship Council? ; How sustainable are trawl fisheries? ; What are Marine Protected Areas? ; Who controls whaling? ; What is aboriginal subsistence whaling? ; What is the Marine Conservation Society? ; What is the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society? -- Ships and sailors. What is a great circle route? ; Why is a ship's bridge called a bridge? ; When do eight bells toll? ; Why do sailors always seem to be painting? ; Why do ships need pilots? ; How do stabilisers work? ; What is the connection between Lloyd's Register, Lloyd's of London, and Lloyds Bank? ; Who are Maersk? ; What are container ships? ; What are Pure Car Carriers? ; What are bulk carriers? ; What are LNG and LPG ships? ; What are Suezmax and Panamax ships? -- Rubbish in the oceans. What is the International Maritime Organisation? ; What is MARPOL? ; What is echo-sounding? ; What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? ; What are nurdles? -- Wind, waves, and weather. What causes all those strange marks on the surface of the ocean? ; What is El Niño? ; What causes marine mirages? ; Do volcanoes contribute to global warming?

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