Michael O’Rourke: Little-Known Facts
About Various Marine-Dwelling Animals (2009)
This is exactly what it says on the title page: Little-known facts about various marine-dwelling animals such as the skate, the flounder, the herring and krill. Some of the facts are more little-known than others. For instance:
Seahorses mate for life, under a full moon, and sing while they’re doing it. Seahorses have the superpower of invisibility, in the sense of changing colour to blend in with the surroundings. Especially where waiters and bartenders are concerned.
We also learn about the krill, who tends to buy the wrong cable for its iPod, the grunion who came home one weekend to a burst pipe in the cellar and several other interesting facts. The book is beautifully bound by hand and my copy is number 6 out of 50.
22. januar 2010 kl. 22:25
It is also beautifully illustrated, I heard.