Slimy Sea Slugs

Slimy Sea Slugs
Author: Natalie Lunis
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2007-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1597165115

Text and photographs present amazing facts about sea slugs.

Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime

Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime
Author: Ellen Prager
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0226678725

When viewed from a quiet beach, the ocean can seem calm, even serene. But hidden beneath the sea's waves are a staggering variety of active creatures, engaged in the never-ending struggles of life--to reproduce, to eat, and to avoid being eaten. Marine scientist Ellen Prager takes us deep into the sea to introduce a cast of fascinating and bizarre creatures. From the tiny arrow worms whose voracious ways may lead to death by overeating, to the lobsters that battle rivals or seduce mates with their urine, Prager reveals the ways they interact as predators, prey, or potential mates. And while these animals make for some jaw-dropping stories--there's far more to Prager's account than entertaining anecdotes: again and again, she illustrates the crucial connections between life in the ocean and humankind, in everything from our food supply to our economy, and in drug discovery, biomedical research, and popular culture.--From publisher description.

Snails Are Gross!

Snails Are Gross!
Author: Leigh Rockwood
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2010-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448806992

Describes the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, and habitat of snails.

Are You a Snail?

Are You a Snail?
Author: Judy Allen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2000
Genre: Snails
ISBN: 9780753406687

This introduction to the world of the snail aims to bring this familiar, small creature sympathetically to life. Young children should be fascinated by this tiny life found just outside their back door.

Doodle Adventures: The Search for the Slimy Space Slugs!

Doodle Adventures: The Search for the Slimy Space Slugs!
Author: Mike Lowery
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0761187197

Draw your way through the story! Doodle Adventures: The Search for the Slimy Space Slugs! is a lighthearted fantasy where the reader first draws him- or herself into the story, and then continues by following prompts and adding more illustrations and doodles. Set in space, the book invites the reader to join Carl, a duck and member of a super-secret international group of explorers, on a journey in search of a very important grail-like object. The book is sturdy paper over board with beautiful cream paper—perfect for defacing! And by the end, the reader will have co-written a tale to return to again and again, and show off to family and friends.

Pelagic Snails

Pelagic Snails
Author: Carol M. Lalli
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1989
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780804714907

Lucid line drawings and photos, 16 in fine color. Based on some 15 years of study and collection in both polar regions and most areas of the tropics and temperate zones. Detailed treatment is given on all known pelagic snails (aoubt 140 species) including: external anatomy, swimming and buoyancy mec

Banana Slug of the Santa Cruz Mountains

Banana Slug of the Santa Cruz Mountains
Author: Gary Bartos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2011-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781935914006

As author Gary Bartos explains in the introduction to this scientific and whimsical look into the lives of the infamous Banana Slugs of the Santa Cruz Mountains, "Someone needed to document the questions and legends of these unique creatures. Why are they yellow? How can we identify a male from a female? Where do banana slugs sleep at night? Who are their friends and enemies? How fast can they move? Do they like humans? How have they contributed to science? Are they edible? Why do they live in the Pacific Coast redwood forests? What is their relationship to the redwood tree? Is it true a giant slug hides in the forest?" These and other questions are explored and some of them even answered in this entertaining exposee of these at once grotesque and lovable forest creatures.

Oceans For Dummies

Oceans For Dummies
Author: Ashlan Cousteau
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2021-02-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119654432

Dive deep to explore the ocean From how most of our oxygen is created by phytoplankton, to how currents control our climate, to the marine food chain and the importance of coral, this is the holy grail of ocean books that’s easy for everyone to digest. It features fun facts about some of the most incredible, bizarre, and fascinating creatures in the ocean, from mantis shrimp that can strike things with the speed of a .22 caliber bullet to fish with clear heads that can see out of the top of their skulls. The ocean is full of wonders and there is still so much left to explore and understand. How our oceans work What creatures live in the ocean Find out how the ocean regulates our climate and weather patterns How growing pollution threatens our ocean and its inhabitants Oceans For Dummies is perfect for anyone with an interest in the ocean, including kids, adults, students, ocean lovers, surfers, fishermen, conservationists, sailors, and everyone in between.

Sea Snails

Sea Snails
Author: Joseph Heller
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2015-06-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319154524

This richly illustrated book presents the diversity and natural history of sea snail groups. By integrating aspects of morphology, ecology, evolution and behaviour, it describes how each group copes with problems of defence, locomotion, nutrition, reproduction and embryonic development. First come general characteristics of the Mollusca, to which snails belong; and next, characteristics by which snails (Gastropoda) differ from other molluscs. Then a broad, panoramic view of all major sea snail groups, from the primitive to the more advanced, is presented, including both the more abundant and some remote ones of special interest. In detailing primitive sea snails, first limpets (Patellogastropoda) are described, followed by brush snails (Vetigastropoda: top-shells, turbans and allies) and nerites (Neritimorpha), a small group with remarkably high variation in shell colour and in habitats. In looking at advanced-snails (Caenogastropoda), it details the herbivorous grazers and filter-feeders and the many voracious predators, some which use venomous darts. The book also covers sea slugs (Opisthobranchia), which have shifted from mechanical to chemical defence; some are herbivores, some use their food to harness solar energy, others are predators that gain stinging cells and poisonous compounds from their food. In addition, readers will learn about aspects of sea snails in human culture, including use as sacred artefacts and objects of magic and money, as a source of the royal and sacred dyes of purple and blue and as holy ceremonial trumpets. The text, in which scientific terms are accompanied by parallel common ones, is accompanied by over 200 illustrations (mostly in colour). This comprehensive, insightful portrait of sea snails will appeal to marine biologists, zoology lecturers and students, biology teachers, field-school instructors, nature reserve wardens, amateur naturalists, as well as to lecturers and learners of human culture.