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Salmon
Peter Coates
出版
Reaktion Books
, 2006-11-30
主題
Art / General
Nature / General
Nature / Animals / Fish
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Technology & Engineering / Fisheries & Aquaculture
ISBN
1861892950
9781861892959
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eBsiCgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Every year, wild salmon travel hundreds of miles upstream. They fight fierce river currents, leap over rocks and small waterfalls, and die by the thousands of starvation, disease, and exposure to cold. Even if they surmount these obstacles, the fish risk becoming dinner for hungry predators like bears, birds, and humans. Guided by a keen sense of smell, the survivors travel to their original hatching grounds, where they breed, spawn, and quickly die.
Salmon
reveals this amazing life cycle to be just part of the larger story of these fascinating fish. The cultural life of salmon, Peter Coates explains, is rich with myths about “the king of fish,” from lands as diverse as Nova Scotia, Norway, Korea, and California. Coates’s history details the salmon’s cherished symbolic meaning as well as its current status as the ignoble product of fish hatcheries. Encompassing evolutionary, ecological, and cultural perspectives,
Salmon
is the perfect book for anyone who has ever eaten or tried to catch this delightful—and delectable—fish.