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Author Wade, Jeremy

Title River monsters : true stories of the ones that didn't get away / Jeremy Wade

Publisher Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2011

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 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  597.176 .W119r    AVAILABLE  
Edition 1st Da Capo Press edition
Phys Descr x, 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary A companion to the Animal Planet series "River Monsters" highlights the most shocking creatures the author has come across in his travels as an extreme fisherman
Contents Introduction: Why some fishermen's tales are true -- Goonch -- Wels -- Goliath tigerfish -- Piranha -- Arapaima -- Piraiba -- Candiru -- Nile perch -- Alligator gar -- Freshwater shark -- River stingray -- The Lake Iliamna monster -- Snakehead -- River shark revisited -- Bol kata -- Electric eel -- Sawfish -- Captain Cook's man-eater -- Epilogue: What else is down there?
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268)
Subject Dangerous fishes
Freshwater fishes
Fishing
River monsters (Television program)
Alt Title River monsters (Television program)
OCLC # 657595632
ISBN # 9780306819544
0306819546