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Author de Maddalena, Alessandro & Walter Heim Title Great White Sharks in United States Museums Book Condition New ISBN 0786441836 / 9780786441839 Inventory number 978851 2009. 26cm. Pp.223. 107 photos, bibliography, index. Paperback. This complete guide to great white shark specimens preserved in the museums and aquariums of the United States catalogs 160 great white shark items in 26 institutions. The preserved material includes whole specimens as well as parts of specimens (jaws, teeth, vertebrae, etc.) Each entry details the methods of preserving or preparing the specimen (freezing, drying, taxidermying or skin-mounting, embalming, fixating followed by permanent storage in aqueous solutions of ethyl or isopropyl alcohols), and creating a model of the shark cast from a mold of the original specimen. The work also includes a general introduction describing the biology, ethology and ecology of the great white shark and more detailed accounts of the various preservation methods.
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