02113cam a2200337 i 4500 382894092 TxAuBib 20190529120000.0 130920s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013038174 9780691149561 hardcover : alk. paper 0691149569 hardcover : alk. paper (OCoLC)858914373 TxAuBib rda Palumbi, Stephen R.,. The extreme life of the sea / Stephen R. Palumbi and Anthony R. Palumbi. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014] viii, 225 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-208) and index. The epic ocean -- The earliest -- The most archaic -- The smallest -- The deepest -- The shallowest -- The oldest -- The fastest sprints and longest journeys -- The hottest -- The coldest -- The strangest family lives -- Future extremes -- Epilogue : a grand bargain. The Extreme Life of the Sea exposes the eternal darkness of the deepest undersea trenches to show how marine life thrives against the odds, describing how flying fish strain to escape their predators, how predatory deep-sea fish use red searchlights only they can see to find and attack food, and how, at the end of her life, a mother octopus dedicates herself to raising her batch of young. This wide-ranging and highly accessible book also shows how ocean adaptations can inspire innovative commercial products--such as fan blades modeled on the flippers of humpback whales--and how future extremes created by human changes to the oceans might push some of these amazing species over the edge. 20190529. Marine animals. Marine biology. Extreme environments. Adaptation (Physiology.) Palumbi, Anthony R., 1984-