Bibliograph

Whale Fall Café, written by Jacquie Sewell ; illustrated by Dan Tavis

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Whale Fall Café, written by Jacquie Sewell ; illustrated by Dan Tavis

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Whale Fall Café

Oclc number

1227977127

Responsibility statement

written by Jacquie Sewell ; illustrated by Dan Tavis

Summary

One medium-size whale carcass delivers as much food to the dark, cold ocean depths as 4,000 years of sinking food particles. When a dead whale arrives, the café opens for business, and who better than Dan Tavis to show us the bizarre deep-ocean diners who show up? Hagfish, zombie worms, sleeper sharks--this group of patrons is stranger than the denizens of the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars. A fish in a lab coat, piloting a deep-sea submersible, is our guide to the weirdly fascinating goings-on miles beneath the ocean surface. The backmatter includes rare whale-fall photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Dr. Robert Vrijenhoek of MBARI and Dr. Craig Smith, a deep-ocean ecologist at the University of Hawaii, have helped Jacquie Sewell to ensure scientific accuracy

Target audience

juvenile

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