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001			on1407214894
003			OCoLC
005			20240208084405.0
008			231101t20242023nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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019			_a1390875077 _a1416720615
020			_a9780802162588 _q(hardcover)
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035			_a(OCoLC)1407214894 _z(OCoLC)1390875077 _z(OCoLC)1416720615
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092			_a597.33 _bF585
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aFlannery, Tim F. _q(Tim Fridtjof), _d1956- _eauthor. _973987
245	1	0	_aBig meg : _bthe story of the largest and most mysterious predator that ever lived / _cTim Flannery & Emma Flannery.
250			_aFirst Grove Atlantic hardcover editon.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAtlantic Monthly Press, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a216 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"First published in Australia in 2023 by the Text Publishing Company"-- CIP galley.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Internationally bestselling author and renowned scientist Tim Flannery and his daughter, scientist Emma Flannery, deliver an informative-yet-intimate portrait of the megalodon, an extinct shark and the largest predator of all time. When Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilized tooth of the giant shark megalodon at a beach near his home in Australia. This remarkable find-the tooth was large enough to cover his palm-sparked an interest in paleontology that was to inform his life's work and a lifelong quest to uncover the secrets of the great shark Otodus megalodon. Tim passed on his love of the natural world and interest in the fossil record to his daughter, Emma, a scientist and writer. And now, together, they have written a fascinating account of this ancient marine creature. Big Meg charts the evolution of megalodon, its super-predator status for about fifteen million years and its decline and extinction. It delves into the fossil record to answer questions about its behavior and role in shaping marine ecosystems as well as its impact on the human psyche. It contains stories of the scientist and amateur fossil hunters who have scoured the seas, and land, for fossil remains, drawn to the beauty and mystique of the great shark, sometimes meeting their death in the process. Deemed "in the league of the all-time great explorers" by David Attenborough, Tim Flannery has come together with Emma Flannery to spin a story of the great natural history of our planet as enthralling as the fossil record itself"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aThe discovery -- The megalodon -- Origins: the evolution of sharks -- The Miocene: the megalodon's heyday -- Extinction -- Charms, tools and jewels -- The sweating teeth of Malta -- The don of megalodons -- Where the beautiful megs lie -- Shark eats man -- Man eats shark -- The imaginary meg.
650		0	_aCarcharocles megalodon.
650		0	_aAnimals, Fossil. _994420
700	1		_aFlannery, Emma, _eauthor.
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