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River monsters : true stories of the ones that didn't get away / Jeremy Wade.

Title
River monsters : true stories of the ones that didn't get away / Jeremy Wade.
Author
Wade, Jeremy
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2011.

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Description
x, 273 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
A companion to the Animal Planet series "River Monsters" highlights the most shocking creatures the author has come across in his travels as an extreme fisherman.
Uniform Title
River monsters (Television program)
Subject
  • Wade, Jeremy > Travel
  • River monsters (Television program)
  • Dangerous fishes
  • Freshwater fishes
  • Fishing
  • Dangerous animals
  • Freshwater fishes
  • Fishing
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Why some fishermen's tales are true -- Goonch -- Wels -- Goliath tigerfish -- Piranha -- Arapaima -- Piraiba -- Candiru -- Nile perch -- Alligator gar -- Freshwater shark -- River stingray -- The Lake Iliamna monster -- Snakehead -- River shark revisited -- Bol kata -- Electric eel -- Sawfish -- Captain Cook's man-eater -- Epilogue: What else is down there?
ISBN
  • 9780306819544
  • 0306819546
  • 9780306819803 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
657595632
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library