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One of the world's experts on hammerhead sharks, marine biologist Pete Klimley is fighting the stereotype of sharks as primitive and vicious killers. In fact, hammerheads exhibit some remarkably sophisticated social behaviors, including their schooling in the hundreds at underwater seamounts in the Pacific Ocean.
To tell the story of these incredible animals, author Ken Mallory talked with Pete Klimley and then traveled to tiny Cocos Island, 330 miles off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. There, he had the chance of a lifetime to see these awe-inspiring animals up close.
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-8-An exceptional addition to a fine se-ries that carries the same hallmark of quality as its predecessors. Mallory's readable text follows the swim fins of marine biologist Pete Klimley and an IMAX film team to seamounts off Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean to observe and film schooling ham-merhead sharks. The author recounts earlier investigations Klimley made trying to dis-cover the connections among seamounts, the Earth's magnetic field, and the sharks' migratory patterns in the sea, showing just how scientists put laboratory theses to the proof in the field. A fascinating record of re-search and investigation, this inviting book is larded with numerous dramatic color pho-tos. Full of hammerhead data as well, it will be a useful tool for young report writers as well as a good read, and may well inspire some children to turn to marine biology or photography as a lifelong interest.-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Li-brary, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
(Intermediate) In the latest entry in the Scientists in the Field series, experienced diver and shark aficionado Kenneth Mallory, editor-in-chief of publishing programs at the New England Aquarium, uses the context of an IMAX film production on hammerhead sharks to explain how scientists+in particular, marine biologist Pete Klimley+are studying these odd-looking animals. The sections on Klimley's research highlight his unique personality and also show the careful observation, innovation, and frustrations of field research. After talking with Klimley, Mallory travels to Cocos Island (off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica), where filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall are wrapping up a year of filming sharks. Mallory's exhilarating shark encounters and detailed explanations of the filming apparatus compose the later chapters of the book. Mallory's descriptions of the hammerheads he sees are filled with references to Klimley's work, emphasizing the importance of informed observation. Most of the book's outstanding color photographs are provided by Mallory and the Halls, and show in clear detail both the sharks and the people who study them. The advanced information provided about sharks and shark research assumes that readers have basic knowledge of marine life, or that they are capable of finding this information from some of the excellent resources listed at the end of the book; an index is also included. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Investigating the hammerhead shark for a new IMAX movie, Mallory, of the New England Aquarium, dives with oceanographer Pete Klimley to study hammerheads off the coast of Baja California and with the IMAX crew off the coast of Costa Rica. According to the author, there are nine species of hammerhead sharks, each with a distinctively shaped head. Hammerheads are the brainiest of the sharks, and unlike other shark species, frequently travel in groups of several hundred. Scientists are studying why they travel in schools and how they migrate and find their way to an undersea mountain without visual landmarks. The text is full of quotes from working scientists explaining how they observe, hypothesize, conduct experiments, and use new high-tech equipment such as ultrasonic telemetry tags and diving gear like the closed-circuit re-breather apparatus (that avoids creating bubbles, which disturb the sharks). The text is enlivened with striking underwater photographs of the sharks and divers. There are awesome deep-blue photographs of schooling hammerheads, dancing on their tails and rising vertically like some alien black calligraphy. It must take a special kind of scientist to don a black-and-white dive suit with fins to resemble a killer whale in order to dive with the orcas, but even armchair travelers can enjoy this undersea science adventure. Includes further reading and an index. A welcome addition to the Scientists in the Field series. (Nonfiction. 10-12)
Booklist Review
Gr. 3-7. Mallory, editor and chief of publishing programs at the New England Aquarium, offers an engrossing, visually captivating entry in the Scientists in the Field series. He recalls his experiences with scientist Pete Klimley, whose research on sharks has taught the world much, as they worked in the waters off Costa Rica helping film the IMAX feature Island of the Sharks. Mallory's firsthand experience results in crystalline descriptions of both the emotional rush and the visual awe of swimming among sharks. Yet his personal accounts never interfere with his primary focus: to teach children about the often-misunderstood deep-sea creatures. Vivid photographs abound and include not only underwater shots of the sharks and divers but also shots of the terrain and wildlife of Cocos Island and the diving equipment that enabled the crew to get close to their subjects. The photos will keep readers turning pages; the text shares plenty that is worth knowing and remembering. --Roger Leslie