Squid Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (692 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611689236 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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And before there were fish in the sea, there were cephalopods—the ancestors of modern squid and Earth’s first truly substantial animals. Cephalopods had to step up their game.Many species streamlined their shells and added defensive spines, but these enhancements only provided a brief advantage. Some cephalopods then abandoned the shell entirely, which opened the gates to a flood of evolutionary innovations: masterful camouflage, fin-supplemented jet propulsion, perhaps even dolphin-like intelligence.Squid Empire is an epic adventure spanning hundreds of millions of years, from the marine life of the primordial ocean to the calamari on tonight’s menu. Cephalopods became the first creatures to rise from the seafloor, essentially inventing the act of swimming. With dozens of tentacles and formidable shells, they presided over an undersea empire for millions of years. Anyone who enjoys the undersea world—along with all those obsessed with things prehistoric—will be interested in the sometimes enormou
She has contributed to KQED, San Francisco, and wrote "Squid a Day" for the science blog Science 2.0. Danna Staaf is a freelance science writer with a PhD in squid biology
Before we can know who we are, we must know who we are here with, and who has come before us.” (Carl Safina, New York Times-bestselling author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel)“This engaging book may do for early cephalopods what paleontologists did for dinosaurs in the 1960s: spark a public renaissance of appreciation for these magnificent creatures who once ruled the seas.” (Jennifer Ouellette, author of Me, Myself and Why and The Calculus Diaries) . “Cephs rule! Squid Empire, like its protagonists, is nimble, fast, surprising, smart, and weird in the v