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The Deep Dark Ocean

by Helen Scales

A visual tour of deep-sea habitats and life

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A visual tour of deep-sea habitats and life

The deep ocean’s darkness, cold and pressure once led scientists to imagine it as largely empty. Helen Scales’s illustrated exploration introduces the habitats and creatures that challenge that picture, from plains, trenches and underwater mountain ranges to octopuses, sea pigs, coral and sponge forests. It also looks at the unusual ways animals survive in an environment with little food and no sunlight. A fifth silver Pantone printed throughout adds a distinctive visual element to this children’s nonfiction book.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children aged 7 and up interested in ocean life and marine science
  • Young readers who enjoy illustrated explorations of unusual animals and habitats
  • Families or educators seeking a nonfiction introduction to the deep sea

Themes

Deep-sea habitatsMarine animal adaptationsOcean biodiversity

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Book overview

The deep sea is the biggest, most mysterious part of our living planet. For a long time, scientists thought this was just a huge empty space and nothing lived down there, because it's too dark, too cold, there's too much pressure, and not enough food. Now we know the deep sea is full of amazing life all the way to the very bottom. To survive down there, animals get up to all kinds of strange things and look completely different from anything else on Earth.

Written by award-winning marine biologist and author Dr. Helen Scales, and printed with a fifth silver pantone throughout, The Deep Dark Ocean comprehensively visualizes the deep ocean environment and brings its beautiful and unbelievable quirks to life. Readers find themselves immersed in the velvety dark landscapes of deep-sea plains, trenches, and mountain ranges, and discover ghostly octopuses, sea pigs, dancing crabs, coral, and sponge forests, Elvis worms, and Ninja lanternsharks, among other remarkable creatures.

For ages 7+

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