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Poseidon's Steed The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales
Poseidon's Steed The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales








Poseidon

It's a popular science book that treats us to. Review 2: This book allows us to take a good look at an odd fish: the seahorse.

Poseidon

Just wish some of the black and white illustrations and photos had actually been in colour. The discussion on ecology and fishing is informative, as is the discussion on the Chinese medicine trade. From a pop science standpoint the book is informative enough and readable. I suspect Scales was reaching a bit in some of her argument about early cultural reference to seahorses, like arguing that the indigenous myth of the rainbow serpent refers not to a serpent but a seahorse or pipefish, interesting but I am not convinced. Review 1: Interesting but brief and still relatively superficial.










Poseidon's Steed The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales