Table of Contents

CONTENTS 1 Shark Fever 2 Cross-Species Dressing 3 Shark Sex in the Miami Seaquarium 4 Diving with Sharks in Southern California 5 Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks 6 Solving the Mystery of Hammerhead Schools 7 Shark Rush Hour at Gorda Seamount 8 Hammerhead Sharks as Ocean Navigators 9 In Quest of the White Shark 10 White Shark Predation at the Farallon Islands 11 Talking with Their Tails 12 Baby White Shark Gets Away on National Television 13 Electronic Monitoring of White Sharks at Ano Nuevo Island 14 Shark-Eating Humans or Man-Eating Sharks? Source Materials Index

About the Author

A. Peter Klimley is an internationally known marine biologist. An adjunct associate professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology at the University of California, Davis, Klimley has published articles on sharks in American Scientist, Natural History, and other popular magazines, as well as more than fifty scientific articles. He has appeared in numerous film documentaries worldwide. A coauthor of the leading academic book on great white sharks, Dr. Klimley lives in Petaluma, California.

Reviews

Jean-Michel Cousteau President, Ocean Futures SocietyWhen it comes to sharks, Dr. Peter Klimley has answered the true call of adventure -- to see for himself, up close. His pioneering work reveals sharks' secrets, including their decline, and puts to rest the myth of the shark as a mindless feeding machine. Equally important, his story reminds us that fear is never a good guide. His direct, informed observations make for good science, and for good reading.

Jean-Michel Cousteau

President, Ocean Futures SocietyWhen it comes to sharks, Dr. Peter Klimley has answered the true call of adventure -- to see for himself, up close. His pioneering work reveals sharks' secrets, including their decline, and puts to rest the myth of the shark as a mindless feeding machine. Equally important, his story reminds us that fear is never a good guide. His direct, informed observations make for good science, and for good reading.

As a professor and author who has appeared in many documentaries, Klimley has become internationally known for his work proving the complexities of shark behavior, most recently as the co-editor of the definitive academic study, Great White Sharks. This wonderful new work is a more personal and thoroughly enjoyable look back on his career, which highlights Klimley's observations about the elaborate social rituals and communication skills of sharks. When Klimley first began his career, more than 30 years ago, he was an unknown 23-year-old "typical hippie" who believed that sharks were far more complex than the image of a "dumb feeding machine." This book charts his many exciting experiences since then, from his early years as one of the first young marine researchers to argue that it was important-as well as safe-to dive freely among hammerhead sharks to understand them, through his innovative experiments to understand how the great white shark chooses and captures its prey. Along the way, Klimley deftly explains such shark-related issues as predatory strategies and evolutionary history, and his insistent study of shark migration patterns, which he argues are essential to know for the future conservation of the species. (July) Forecast: Klimley's lively and thoughtful first-person account will most likely tap into the popularity of the many specials about sharks on PBS and the Discovery Channel. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.