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A tale of obsession and very big fish from Jeremy Wade, the presenter of ITV's RIVER MONSTERS.
Over ten feet long, it weighs in at nearly a quarter of a ton. Covering its back are armoured plates made of bone. Five hundred stiletto-sharp teeth line its long crocodilian jaws. It's a prehistoric beast of staggering proportions; a fearsome creature from the time of the dinosaurs.
But the Alligator Gar, an air-breathing survivor from the Cretaceous period is still with us today, patrolling inland rivers, hunting in murky waters shared by human communities.
And for Jeremy Wade, described as the 'greatest angling explorer of his generation', the Gar and other outlandish freshwater predators have been an obsession for all his adult life. With names like Arapaima, Snakehead, Goonch, Goliath Tigerfish and Electric Eel, many of them have acquired an almost mythical status.
In a quest that has taken him from the Amazon to the Congo, and from North America to the mountains of India, Wade has pursued the truth about these little known, often misunderstood animals. Along the way he's survived a plane crash, malaria and a fish-inflicted blow to the chest that, according to a later scan, caused permanent scarring to his heart.
In RIVER MONSTERS, Wade delivers a sometimes jaw-dropping blend of adventure, natural history, legend and detective work. It reads like a hunt for the Loch Ness Monster. But it's all true.
These are fisherman's tales like you've never heard before. The stories of the ones that didn't get away ...
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The fishing fanatic's Downton Abbey... a terrific book (THE LADY)
A serious angler with a genuinely pioneering streak, his written accompaniment to the series, now in paperback, is well crafted and, although the species are exotic, the tales of chasing elusive specimins will resonate with all anglers. (ANGLING TIMES)
A reflective character with a hint of angst about him, he has a travel writer's eye and a philosopher's mind to go with his scientific background. (TROUT FISHERMAN)
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A serious angler with a genuinely pioneering streak, his written accompaniment to the series, now in paperback, is well crafted and, although the species are exotic, the tales of chasing elusive specimins will resonate with all anglers. (ANGLING TIMES)
A reflective character with a hint of angst about him, he has a travel writer's eye and a philosopher's mind to go with his scientific background. (TROUT FISHERMAN)
A tale of obsession and very big fish from Jeremy Wade, the presenter of ITV's RIVER MONSTERS.
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- EditoreOrion
- Data di pubblicazione2012
- ISBN 10 1409127389
- ISBN 13 9781409127383
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine320
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Over ten feet long, it weighs in at nearly a quarter of a ton. Covering its back are armoured plates made of bone. Five hundred stiletto-sharp teeth line its long crocodilian jaws. It's a prehistoric beast of staggering proportions; a fearsome creature from the time of the dinosaurs.But the Alligator Gar, an air-breathing survivor from the Cretaceous period is still with us today, patrolling inland rivers, hunting in murky waters shared by human communities.And for Jeremy Wade, described as the 'greatest angling explorer of his generation', the Gar and other outlandish freshwater predators have been an obsession for all his adult life. With names like Arapaima, Snakehead, Goonch, Goliath Tigerfish and Electric Eel, many of them have acquired an almost mythical status.In a quest that has taken him from the Amazon to the Congo, and from North America to the mountains of India, Wade has pursued the truth about these little known, often misunderstood animals. Along the way he's survived a plane crash, malaria and a fish-inflicted blow to the chest that, according to a later scan, caused permanent scarring to his heart.In RIVER MONSTERS, Wade delivers a sometimes jaw-dropping blend of adventure, natural history, legend and detective work. It reads like a hunt for the Loch Ness Monster. But it's all true.These are fisherman's tales like you've never heard before. The stories of the ones that didn't get away. A tale of obsession and very big fish from Jeremy Wade, the presenter of ITV's RIVER MONSTERS. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781409127383
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Descrizione libro Condizione: new. (Paperback, 2012). (2011) 2012 paperback edition. 8vo paperback (128 x 197mm). Ppxii,306. Colour photograph plates, b/w chart, map, b/w vignettes. Embossed card covers. Fine new copy. "From his arrest as a suspected spy in southeast Asia to a plane crash in the Amazon, every page of River Monsters is packed with adventure. .[Jeremy Wade] explores the real mysteries that still exist." Chapters include: Goonch - man-eating river fish in northern India; Wels - bathers attacked in a lake outside Berlin; Goliath tigerfish in the Congo - essentially a piranha the size of a man; Piranha in the Amazon - murderous eating machines or harmless and misunderstood?; Arapaima - responsible for deaths in the Amazon?; Piraiba - an Amazon fisherman doesn't return to the surface after diving .Four hours later a giant fish appears on the surface with the man's legs protruding from its mouth; Candiru - the tiny fish which is alleged to ambush those relieving themselves carelessly; Nile perch in the Great Rift Valley; Alligator gar in Texas; Catching freshwater shark in Queensland's Brisbane River; River stingray in the Amazon; Alaska's Lake Iliamna monster - I think I know the creature's identity, and I set out to catch it; Snakehead - among the alligators, boa constrictors and piranhas of Florida is a new horror, said to kill swimmers and bite dogs in half; I travel .to Southeast Asia to check out the truth; River shark revisited - the world's biggest bull sharks in South Africa's Breede River [a] remarkable co-existence; Bol kata in New Guinea; Electric eel; Sawfish in West Australia; Captain Cook's maneater in New Zealand. A cracking read and a worthy successor to Wade and Boote's Somewhere Down the Crazy River. . Codice articolo 28856
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