The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival among America's Great White Sharks.THE DEVIL'S TEETH: A True story of obsession and Survival among America's Great White Sharks great white shark or white shark Large, aggressive shark (Carcharodon carcharias, family Lamnidae), considered the species most dangerous to humans. It is found in tropical and temperate regions of all oceans and is noted for its voracious appetite. SUSAN CASEY Thirty miles west of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. lie the Farallon Islands The Farallon Islands are a group of islands and rocks found in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA. They lie 27 miles (43 km) outside the Golden Gate, 20 miles (32 km) south of Point Reyes. They are visible from the mainland on clear days. , with some of the most forbidding terrain in America. They're the only dry land on Earth where one can observe great white sharks in their natural element, untouched by human influence. Each year, the normally solitary sharks mysteriously converge on the islands to feast on a bounty of seals--and anything else foolish enough to enter the water. Journalist Casey takes the reader along as she follows her curiosity about researchers Scot Anderson and Peter Pyle, whom she learned about in a documentary on sharks. Casey's initial interest, she writes, turned into an obsession with the sharks and the barren islands known as "the Devil's teeth." She documents her experience on the islands, where she holed up with the scientists in the only habitable habitable adj. referring to a residence that is safe and can be occupied in reasonable comfort. Although standards vary by region, the premises should be closed in against the weather, provide running water, access to decent toilets and bathing facilities, heating, building there and accompanied them on forays, by boat, into shark-infested waters. There, the author and the researchers witnessed firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first the incredible size and awesome killing power of these creatures. Holt 2005, 304 p., color plates, hardcover, $25.00. |
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