Description
| Product ID: | 9781592405817 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Poseidon's Steed |
| Subtitle: | The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality |
| Authors: | Author: Helen Scales |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Popular science, Popular science, Wildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest, Wildlife: aquatic creatures |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An underwater adventure with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years. Trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history that mirrors humanity''s centuries-old fascination with the creature, sweeping from the reefs of Indonesia, through the back streets of Hong Kong and back in time to ancient Greece and Rome. Marine biologist Helen Scales eloquently argues that seahorses are indeed fish, though scientists have long puzzled over their exotic anatomy and strange sex lives - male seahorses being the only males in the entire animal world to experience childbirth. |
| Imprint Name: | Gotham Books |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-11-02 |
