Big Meg

The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator That Ever Lived

Tim Flannery, Emma Flannery

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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
06 February 2024

Dinosaurs & the prehistoric world; Wildlife: aquatic creatures

"Internationally bestselling author and renowned scientist Tim Flannery and his daughter, scientist Emma Flannery, delivers an informative-yet-intimate portrait of the megalodon, an extinct shark and the largest predator of all time

When Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilized tooth of the giant shark megalodon at a beach near his home in Australia. This remarkable find--the tooth was large enough to cover his palm--sparked an interest in paleontology that was to inform his life's work and a lifelong quest to uncover the secrets of the great shark Otodus megalodon.

Tim passed on his love of the natural world and interest in the fossil record to his daughter, Emma, a scientist and writer. And now, together, they have written a fascinating account of this ancient marine creature.

Big Meg charts the evolution of megalodon, its super-predator status for about fifteen million years and its decline and extinction. It delves into the fossil record to answer questions about its behavior and role in shaping marine ecosystems as well as its impact on the human psyche. It contains stories of the scientist and amateur fossil hunters who have scoured the seas, and land, for fossil remains, drawn to the beauty and mystique of the great shark, sometimes meeting their death in the process.

Deemed ""in the league of the all-time great explorers"" by David Attenborough, Tim Flannery has come together with Emma Flannery to spin a story of the great natural history of our planet as enthralling as the fossil record itself."

By: Tim Flannery, Emma Flannery
Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Country of Publication: United States
ISBN: 9780802162588
ISBN 10: 0802162584
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 06 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Flannery is a scientist, explorer, and conservationist. He has published more than 130 scientific papers and several books, including the #1 international bestseller The Weather Makers, Throwim Way Leg, Here on Earth, and Among the Islands. He was named Australian of the Year in 2007, and from 2001 to 2013, he was Australia's Climate Commissioner. Emma Flannery is a scientist and writer. She has explored caves, forests and oceans across most of the globe's continents in search of elusive fossils, animals and plants. Her research and writing on geology, chemistry and palaeontology has been published in scientific journals, children's books and a number of museum-based adult education tours.

Reviews for Big Meg: The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator That Ever Lived

"Praise for Tim Flannery: ""In the league of the all-time great explorers."" - David Attenborough ""In an age of uncertainty, Tim Flannery offers us a compelling vision of hope."" - TIME Magazine ""A climate-change communicator without peer in Australia -- and at a global level, he ranks alongside an �lite few, such as Al Gore."" - TIME ""Flannery, one of a new breed of planetary heroes, distilled the complex issue of global warming into a clear message."" --Meg Lowman, Herald Tribune ""One of the world's greatest zoologists . . . who's probably discovered more new species than Darwin. He's a remarkable man."" --Redmond O'Hanlon ""An exciting book, full of wonder, affection and hope."" - Sunday Times on Europe ""Flannery is a writer who sneezes at political correctness and charges into the densely land-mined territory of the biological determinants of human behaviour."" Washington Post on The Climate Cure"