| Description |
x, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface : what is a marine biologist? -- Prologue : the perils of teaching -- 1. Deadly darts -- 2. The great jade green octopus hunt -- 3. Bedtime stories -- 4. Garden of Eden : the death apple and the tree of life -- 5. A true romance story -- 6. Elixir of love -- 7. Skinny South Sea sausages -- 8. The only male reproductive organ with a name -- 9. Living Lance -- 10. Role reversal -- 11. Super male -- 12. Miracle fish -- 13. Fugu -- 14. Bunnies of the sea -- 15. Passion for purple -- 16. Size does count -- 17. Fiddler on the root -- 18. Beware the duppy -- 19. The secret of an improved sex life -- 20. How to court a female -- 21. The anti-BLB club -- 22. Sea pussy -- 23. Debunking the big lie -- 24. A peek into the anus of a sea cucumber -- 25. The yellow submarine -- 26. The perils of vanity -- 27. Sexually repressed Victorian taxonomists -- 28. Random ramblings on relationships -- 29. Penile bloodletting -- 30. Death and confusion -- 31. Eyeball to eyeball |
| Summary |
"In Sensuous Seas, Eugene Kaplan offers readers an expedition into the world of sea creatures, with a look at their habitats, their beauty and, yes, even their sex lives. A marine biologist who has built fish farms in Africa and established a marine laboratory in Jamaica, Kaplan takes us to oceans across the world to experience the lives of their inhabitants, from the horribly grotesque to the exquisitely beautiful." "A memoir that unfolds in remarkable reaches of ocean few of us can ever visit for ourselves, Sensuous Seas brings the underwater world back to living room and classroom alike. All readers will be surprised at how much marine biology they have learned while being amused."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page) |
| Subject |
Kaplan, Eugene H. (Eugene Herbert), 1932-
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Marine biology.
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Sexual behavior in animals.
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Marine biology -- Anecdotes.
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Sexual behavior in animals -- Anecdotes.
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| LC no. |
2005054517 |
| ISBN |
0691125600 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780691125602 cloth alkaline paper |
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