Download or read book Stung written by Lisa-ann Gershwin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses why the jellyfish population has exploded in recent years and why their dominance is indicative of a declining ocean ecosystem.
Download or read book Jellyfish in the Water written by Clara Coleman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jellyfish aren't fish, and they aren't made of jelly. So what exactly are they? In this fascinating introduction to jellyfish, readers will find out where these sea creatures live, how they move, what they eat, and more. Engaging, age-appropriate text makes reading fun. Colorful images add depth to the text and make this early elementary life-science topic come alive on each page. Even reluctant readers will be interested in learning more about these bizarre ocean animals.
Download or read book Jellyfish in the Water written by Clara Coleman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jellyfish aren't fish, and they aren't made of jelly. So what exactly are they? In this fascinating introduction to jellyfish, readers will find out where these sea creatures live, how they move, what they eat, and more. Engaging, age-appropriate text makes reading fun. Colorful images add depth to the text and make this early elementary life-science topic come alive on each page. Even reluctant readers will be interested in learning more about these bizarre ocean animals.
Download or read book Spineless written by Juli Berwald and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A book full of wonders" —Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk "Witty, insightful. . . .The story of jellyfish. . . is a significant part of the environmental story. Berwald's engaging account of these delicate, often ignored creatures shows how much they matter to our oceans' future." —New York Times Book Review Jellyfish have been swimming in our oceans for well over half a billion years, longer than any other animal that lives on the planet. They make a venom so toxic it can kill a human in three minutes. Their sting—microscopic spears that pierce with five million times the acceleration of gravity—is the fastest known motion in the animal kingdom. Made of roughly 95 percent water, some jellies are barely perceptible virtuosos of disguise, while others glow with a luminescence that has revolutionized biotechnology. Yet until recently, jellyfish were largely ignored by science, and they remain among the most poorly understood of ocean dwellers. More than a decade ago, Juli Berwald left a career in ocean science to raise a family in landlocked Austin, Texas, but jellyfish drew her back to the sea. Recent, massive blooms of billions of jellyfish have clogged power plants, decimated fisheries, and caused millions of dollars of damage. Driven by questions about how overfishing, coastal development, and climate change were contributing to a jellyfish population explosion, Juli embarked on a scientific odyssey. She traveled the globe to meet the biologists who devote their careers to jellies, hitched rides on Japanese fishing boats to see giant jellyfish in the wild, raised jellyfish in her dining room, and throughout it all marveled at the complexity of these alluring and ominous biological wonders. Gracefully blending personal memoir with crystal-clear distillations of science, Spineless is the story of how Juli learned to navigate and ultimately embrace her ambition, her curiosity, and her passion for the natural world. She discovers that jellyfish science is more than just a quest for answers. It’s a call to realize our collective responsibility for the planet we share.
Download or read book Jellyfish written by Lisa-ann Gershwin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to these bizarre and beautiful creatures of the sea, filled with color photos and illustrations: “Fascinating.”—Boing Boing Jellyfish are the oldest multi-organed life form on the planet, having inhabited the ocean for more than five hundred million years. With their undulating umbrella-shaped bells and sprawling tentacles, they are compelling and gorgeous, strange and dangerous. In many places they’re also vastly increasing in number, and these population blooms may be an ominous indicator of the rising temperatures and toxicity of the oceans. Jellyfish presents these aquarium favorites in all their glory. Fifty unique species, from the purple people eater to black sea nettles, are presented in stunning photos along with the most current scientific information on their anatomy, history, distribution, position in the water, and environmental status. Foremost jellyfish expert Lisa-ann Gershwin provides an insightful look at the natural history and biology of each of these spellbinding creatures, plus a timely take on their place in the rapidly changing and deteriorating condition of the oceans. Learn about immortal jellyfish who live and die and live again—as well as those who camouflage themselves amid sea grasses and shells, hiding in plain sight. Discover the jellyfish that’s the world’s most venomous animal, and the jellyfish that helped scientists win the Nobel Prize. They’re all here and more in this delightful volume. “A thorough coverage of jellyfish history, biology and ecology. Gershwin, a marine biologist who has discovered over 200 new species of jellyfish, does an excellent job of combining a compelling narrative of 50 different jellyfish with luscious, I-can’t-believe-they’re-real photos.”—Boing Boing
Download or read book Discovering Jellyfish written by Lorijo Metz and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their painful stings and weird, unearthly beauty have long made jellyfish a topic of fascination. Young readers will be captivated by the varied array of jellyfish that live in the oceans, from large species that trail tentacles many feet long to bioluminescent ones that glow in the dark waters and even some that are considered a culinary delicacy. Entrancing photographs complement the wealth of information within these pages.
Download or read book Jellyfish written by Valerie Bodden and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2022-07-22 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the jellyfish! Learn about how this strange sea creature lives without blood or a brain. Elementary-aged readers will discover jellyfish that can glow in the dark. Full color images and clear explanations highlight the habitat, diet, and lifestyle of these fascinating ocean animals. A Japanese folktale explains why jellyfish have squishy bodies.
Download or read book Jellyfish written by Christina Leaf and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jellyfish are graceful, beautiful ocean animals. But their looks are deceiving. Those long, wavy tentacles can really sting! Jellyfish are often transparent. They do not have bones, blood, or brains. Despite their simplicity, these creatures have been around for millions of years. Discover more about jellyfish in this title for emergent readers.
Download or read book Jellyfish written by David C. King and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2006 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of jellyfish.
Download or read book The Jellyfish written by Miriam Gross and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a creature with no brain and no heart the jellyfish has done remarkably well. They are found from Antarctica to the tropics, in shallow waters or 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface. Students will learn how nature has ensured the survival of the weird and fascinating jellyfish.
Download or read book Swishy the Jellyfish written by Wang Yimei and published by Fables and Folktales. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swishy the jellyfish loves all the shapes and colors in her ocean world. What will she find when she visits the land above water?
Download or read book Air and Water written by Mark Denny and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing general readers and biologists, Mark Denny shows how the physics of fluids (in this case, air and water) influences the often fantastic ways in which life forms adapt themselves to their terrestrial or aquatic "media."
Download or read book I Am Jellyfish written by Ruth Paul and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chased to the depths of the bottomless blue, What does a tiny Jellyfish do? Jellyfish is quietly crooning in the shallows, when knife-nosed Swordfish swooshes, races and chases her, down, down, down, deep into the dark blue sea. At that moment, stealthy Squid stretches a tentacle, tussling and tossing Swordfish in the darkness. Who will help Swordfish? He makes a last wish ... Then ... ON goes a light - it's Jellyfish!"--Publisher information.
Download or read book Jellyfish written by Grace Hansen and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would have thought that such a beautiful, delicate creature could be one of the ocean's toughest predators? Learn this and more alongside beautiful, full-bleed color photographs. Complete with glossary, index, and table of contents. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Jellyfish Las medusas written by Maddie Gibbs and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They live only in water, but jellyfish are not technically fish. These aquatic invertebrates have been around for over 500 million years. Stunning photographs of jellyfish large and small will captivate readers. Text is in both English and standard Latin American Spanish.
Download or read book Box Jellyfish The written by Colleen Sexton and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The box jellyfish, also called the sea wasp, is full of toxin. Each of its tentacles has 5,000 sting cells with enough poison to kill 60 people! In this book, young readers will discover what makes the box jellyfish a terror of the seas.
Download or read book Jellyfish written by Derek Zobel and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jellyfish float gracefully through oceans around the world. Beginning readers can learn about these fascinating animals through literacy-focused text and vibrant photos. Simple features highlight different species and favorite foods. This colorful title will give students new to independent reading the right start!
