The Secret Life of Lobsters - How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our

In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts students onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters. In revelations from the laboratory and the sea that are by turns astonishing and humorous, the lobster proves itself to be not only a delicious meal and a sustainable resource, but also an amorous master of the boudoir, a lethal boxer, and a snoopy socializer with a nose that lets it track prey and paramour alike with the skill of a bloodhound. The Secret Life of Lobsters is a rollicking oceanic odyssey punctuated by salt spray, melted butter, and predators lurking in the murky depths. ''Lobster is served three ways in this fascinating book: by fisherman, scientist and the crustaceans themselves. . . . Corson, who worked aboard commercial lobster boats for two years, weaves together these three worlds. The human worlds are surely interesting; but they can''t top the lobster life on the ocean floor.''-Washington Post

About the author

The author of The Secret Life of Lobsters, Trevor Corson has studied philosophy in China, resided in Buddhist temples in Japan, and worked on commercial fishing boats off the Maine coast. He has written for the Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times and is the only "sushi concierge" in the United States. He lives in New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Trevor Corson, Trevor/ Sollers Corson
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2005
• EAN: 9780060555597
• ISBN: 978-0-06-055559-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; HISTORY: WORLD, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: ACTIVISM & LIFESTYLE, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, HISTORY: Oceania, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Ecology, NATURE: Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, NATURE: Animals / Marine Life, NATURE: Animals / Fish, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Marine Biology, NATURE: Ecology