Jellyfish: A Natural History

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Desk and exam copies of certain titles are available to lecturers who wish to consider books as course texts. Despite their lack of faces, limbs, bones, blood, or brains, jellyfish have developed incredible ways of eating, moving, reproducing, and defending themselves. I’ve had the German ‘Quallen’ by Thomas Heeger (2004) for years, and that used to be the only comprehensive scientific monograph on the subject: someone should translate that in English. Whether you’re new to crochet or just looking for some cute patterns, this book has something for you.

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