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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221113561
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 504
Size : 170 x 240 mm
How Fish Got Their Names

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Release date : 27/10/2011

Did you know that clownfish chatter their teeth in order to communicate? That the pilgrim shark can drown? That certain fish are hermaphrodites? That in Catalan, the grouper is called “nero” because its voracity was compared to the cruelty of the Roman tyrant? That...

Did you know that clownfish chatter their teeth in order to communicate? That the pilgrim shark can drown? That certain fish are hermaphrodites? That in Catalan, the grouper is called “nero” because its voracity was compared to the cruelty of the Roman tyrant? That the electric eel can generate discharges of 600 volts of electricity and that submarines were first called “eel boats”? That the male deep sea angler fish permanently attaches itself to the female, losing its sight and sense of smell?

Henriette Walter and Pierre Avenas analyze the origins of 200 fish names and reveal their curious particularities. In doing so, they allow us to explore a fantastical reality under the sea.

Moonfish, flying fish, torpedo fish, fish of multiple and stunning colors, fish that are invisible, neon, or luminous, in various and unexpected shapes (hammerhead or horse), that can be 15m (whale shark), 7m (manta ray) or 7mm (goby).

This delightful and amusing work takes us on a etymological voyage across time, oceans, rivers and seas and presents the occasion to better understand the behavior of these strange species that cover 71% of the planet.

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EAN : 9782221113561
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 504
Size : 170 x 240 mm
Robert Laffont