If your knowledge about marine turtles is limited to that of Crush in Nemo (don't laugh, it's about my level!), the book Marine Turtles is made for you. Published by Glénat with the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco, this book is both instructive on the state of marine turtle heritage and especially on its risks of extinction. Through this book, we discover that there are only 7 marine turtle breeds left and that they are all threatened..
With the help of spectacular underwater photos, the book tells us about the life of turtles, the different species, the areas where they are present, their nesting sites, but also the difficulty they have in cohabiting with humans. Pollution, urbanization, access to beaches, fishing... are all pitfalls for their development.
This book, written by Robert Calgano, director general of the institute since 2009, sounds the alarm for the survival of these species. On reading it, one feels mobilized by this cause, so much this animal has a capital of sympathy. It is necessary to have seen in his mask the grace of swimming a sea turtle looking at you with its large globular eyes to immediately want to take their defense.
The last part of the book is technical to explain how to behave in the presence of turtles on or under water. In addition, technical sheets to easily identify these animals.
Marine Turtles, The Great Odyssey
- Editions Glénat
- 17 x 24 cm
- 144 pages
- 19,99 €
