Slippery Beast: A True Crime Natural History, with Eels

by Ellen Ruppel Shell

Ellen Ruppel Shell's Slippery Beast is a fascinating account of a deeply mysterious creature--the eel--a thrilling saga of true crime, natural history, travel, and big business.

What is it about eels? Depending on who you ask, they are a pest, a fascination, a threat, a pot of gold. What they are not is predictable. Eels emerged some 200 million years ago, weathered mass extinctions and continental shifts, and were once among...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141976585X
• ISBN13: 9781419765858
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Length: 304 Pages