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Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks & the Sea

door Peter Benchley

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Dive into the underwater world of sharks and the other marine animals that inhabit the ocean. Learn about the many types of sharks, including those that pose a threat to humans, their behavior and how to avoid attack.
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Peter Benchely passò l'ultima parte della sua vita a cercare di "redimersi" dall'isteria collettiva sugli squali causata dal suo libro Lo squalo e dal film omonimo diretto da Spielberg.

Era un amante del mare, sia nei suoi aspetti positivi e negativi: nel romanzo stesso, lo squalo non è malvagio, è anzi menzionato che quel particolare animale è un'anomalia, come un uragano può essere un'anomalia meteorologica.

Questo libro è un saggio per ragazzi, che ho apprezzato anche perché non troppo semplificato (o Benchley aveva un'alta opinione delle capacità linguistiche dei ragazzi, o gli standard all'epoca erano diversi, comunque se volete fare pratica con l'inglese direi che questo è un buon libro). L'autore fa qualche accenno autobiografico alle sue immersioni con squali, murene e altre tenere&dolci simili creature, spiega come non annegare se venite trascinati via dalla corrente mentre nuotate (direi utilissimo anche a chi non si immerge con gli squali) e tocca, sebbene brevemente, argomenti come il turismo e le sue ripercussioni sulla fauna (è un bene abituare delle murene ad essere nutrite dall'uomo per fare colpo sui turisti?).

Mi sono piaciuti anche gli aneddoti su animali da noi sempre considerati positivamente, come i delfini, dove Benchley ci ricorda che anche loro possono tecnicamente ucciderci, e non è detto che non lo facciano solo perché noi pensiamo di essere "loro amici".

Molti sono problemi ancora attuali, anzi attualissimi: alle persone piace essere "immerse nella natura" oggi più di ieri tra safari, immersioni e visiti ai parchi faunistici si tenta di educare il pubblico e raccogliere fondi per la conservazione della fauna e il sostegno di mercati locali, ma a volte in buona fede si incoraggiano contatti che potrebbero danneggiare gli animali stessi. ( )
  JaqJaq | Jan 7, 2022 |
This is a very good book. Peter Benchley really finds ways to make you care about sharks and other sea life. ( )
  ftbooklover | Oct 12, 2021 |
Shark Life is a young adult nonfiction book written by Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws. It is a mix of descriptions of Benchley's encounters with sharks over his career of filming documentaries and television shows about sharks and other sea creatures, scientific information about sharks and other sea creatures, and tips on how to swim in the ocean safely (from avoiding shark bites and dealing with other dangers such as rip tides). While not much of the information as new to me (I took a class on sharks in college), it was very informative, especially for the young adult audience that gets all of its information from media accounts of shark attacks and movies such as Jaws, Sharknado or The Meg. Benchley does try to repair some of the reputation Jaws has done to sharks and talks a lot about how important sharks are to the world and how we are much more of a danger to them than they are to us. There were a couple of times that the 2004 publication date was evident (mentioning video rental stores for example). ( )
  Cora-R | Jan 23, 2021 |
This is a very good book. Peter Benchley really finds ways to make you care about sharks and other sea life. ( )
  Mrslabraden | May 31, 2016 |
Benchley is a fine writer but this book came off as more than a little disjointed. Benchley opens with him under the sea in a shark cage, this is followed by a recounting of how his book became a popular movie, and then he rolls into the whole myths and misconceptions about sharks, which most actually now know thanks to Shark Day, Week, and Month. (Coming soon, the Shark channel, I presume.) What I did like was that one can pretty much jump from chapter to chapter in this book and not be too confused. I really would prefer to give this 2.5 stars, than 2. ( )
  RalphLagana | Jan 23, 2016 |
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Adaptation of Peter Benchley's _Shark Trouble_ for young people. Adapted by Karen Wotjla
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