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Contents: Passionate Pacific : the eternal quest to multiply -- Voracious Pacific : the urge to satisfy hunger -- Mysterious Pacific : an ocean of secrets awaits -- Violent Pacific : the epicentre of natural mayhem. Summary: Blends a wealth of ... images with ... storytelling to take you into a realm teeming with exotic life rarely witnessed up close - until now. The book is divided into four sections, each one focusing on an aspect of the Pacific. "Passionate Pacific looks at the private lives of sea creatures with topics ranging from the mating behaviours of great white sharks to the monogamy of wolf eels, while "Voracious Pacific" covers hunting and feeding. In "Mysterious Pacific," you will be introduced to the Pacific's more extraordinary creatures, like the puffer fish and firefly squid, and explore some of the region's eerier locales, like the turtle tombs of Borneo and the skull caves of Papua New Guinea. "Violent Pacific" examines the effects of events like natural disasters on the development of the Pacific Ocean's geography and the evolution of its marine life. (Cover)