Juli Berwald
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
A former ocean biologist describes how she rediscovered her passion for marine science while investigating the enigmatic jellyfish and what the species' unique physiologies can teach about engineering and environmental stability.
"Jellyfish have been swimming in our oceans for well over half a billion years, longer than any other animal that lives on the planet. They make a venom so toxic it can kill a human in three minutes. Their sting--microscopic...