Emperors of the Deep, William McKeever
Emperors of the Deep, William McKeever
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Emperors of the Deep
Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

Author: William McKeever

Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/25/2019


Synopsis

In this remarkable groundbreaking book, a documentarian and conservationist, determined to dispel misplaced fear and correct common misconceptions, explores in-depth the secret lives of sharks—magnificent creatures who play an integral part in maintaining the health of the world’s oceans and ultimately the planet.

From the Jaws blockbusters to Shark Week, we are conditioned to see sharks as terrifying cold-blooded underwater predators. But as Safeguard the Seas founder William McKeever reveals, sharks are evolutionary marvels essential to maintaining a balanced ecosystem. We can learn much from sharks, he argues, and our knowledge about them continues to grow. The first book to reveal in full the hidden lives of sharks, Emperors of the Deep examines four species—Mako, Tiger, Hammerhead, and Great White—as never before, and includes fascinating details such as:Sharks are 50-million years older than trees;Sharks have survived five extinction level events, including the one that killed off the dinosaurs;Sharks have electroreception, a sixth-sense that lets them pick up on electric fields generated by living things;Sharks can dive 4,000 feet below the surface;Sharks account for only 6 human fatalities per year, while humans kill 100 million sharks per year.McKeever goes back through time to probe the shark’s pre-historic secrets and how it has become the world’s most feared and most misunderstood predator, and takes us on a pulse-pounding tour around the world and deep under the water’s surface, from the frigid waters of the Arctic Circle to the coral reefs of the tropical Central Pacific, to see sharks up close in their natural habitat. He also interviews ecologists, conservationists, and world-renowned shark experts, including the founders of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior, the head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, and the self-professed “last great shark hunter.”At once a deep-dive into the misunderstood world of sharks and an urgent call to protect them, Emperors of the Deep celebrates this wild species that hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of the ocean—if we can prevent their extinction from climate change and human hunters

About William McKeever

WILLIAM MCKEEVER lives in New York City, where he writes books and produces films about ocean conservation. This book is a result of his two-year journey around the world to reveal sharks in a new light. His feature-length documentary about sharks—also titled Emperors of the Deep—is forthcoming. He is the founder of Safeguard the Seas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on July 10, 2024

...the sensors jammed into a mako’s head resemble the cockpit of an F-35 fighter jet.[presumably without the design flaws and cost overruns]The mako’s sensors are equal in sophistication to the fighter jet’s advanced systems except they are bundled in nerves, flesh, and blood.Not comforting. It......more

Goodreads review by Ellen Gail on September 05, 2020

Months after finishing Emperors of the Deep, I'm still debating between two and three stars. Time brings clarity to many things, but apparently my reading opinions can be immune. So. I LOVE sharks. I love crazy, man-eating, fictional sharks (Jaws, Bait, Meg) And I love real life, majestic, endangered......more

Goodreads review by David on April 29, 2019

It is quite remarkable that in 2019 we still don’t know much about sharks. We know little of their mating habits, their territories, their abilities,their lifespans, their value in ecology and in dollar/ecotourism terms. William McKeever goes a long way to filling in the gaps in Emperors of the Deep......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on July 24, 2024

I love watching shark week every year and have a love for the misunderstood animals. Many of the things in this book I already knew about because of all the shark knowledge I've learned over the years watching shark documentaries, but there was some things I didn't know about and enjoyed learning. T......more

Goodreads review by zoie on November 11, 2024

Super informative and entertaining collection of shark stories, facts, and science. Reminded me that I care too much about the losing battle of shark conservation to pursue it as a career, but I’m happy it’s in hands much more capable than mine......more