Good Eating : The Short Life of Krill

Matt Lilley

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Tilbury House Publishers Jan 2022, 2022

0884488675 / 9780884488675

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Neuware - Just 2 inches long full-grown, this little guy is the foundation of the Southern Ocean food chain. 'Hi. What are you You appear to be an egg. You are an egg sinking. For many days, you sink. You sink a mile down, and you keep sinking down. down. until.'The unidentified narrator follows one krill among billions as it pursues its brief existence, eating and eating while metamorphosing from one thing into another and trying to avoid being eaten. Questions and advice are hurled at the krill on every page, but the krill never responds-because, after all, krill can't talk, and this is nonfiction. Krill are the largest animals able to catch and eat phytoplankton, and they in turn are eaten by the largest animals ever to live on earth-blue whales-as well as by seals, penguins, and a host of others. In other words, krill are really good at eating, and they make really good eating. And that makes them the most important animals in the high-latitude oceans. As in The Whale Fall Café, Dan Tavis's illustrations combine scientific accuracy with Nemo liveliness and humor. Our star krill is so good at gobbling up phytoplankton that he turns green, so we can pick him out from the crowd racing to escape a penguin's beak or a blue whale's gaping maw. The book has been reviewed and endorsed by global krill expert Dr. Stephen Nichol, and the manuscript earned an honorable mention in Minnesota's McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers. Helpful backmatter is included. …

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Titolo
Good Eating : The Short Life of Krill
Autore
Matt Lilley
Editore
Tilbury House Publishers Jan 2022
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Condizione
Neu
Rilegatura
Buch
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0884488675
ISBN 13
9780884488675
Disegnatore
Tavis, Dan
Peso dell'articolo
438 grammi
Dimensioni
286x234x9 mm

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