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The Dragon Behind the Glass - A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish (Paperback)
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The Dragon Behind the Glass - A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish (Paperback)
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List price R437
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Discovery Miles 4 090
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A riveting journey into the bizarre world of the Asian arowana or
"dragon fish" the world's most expensive aquarium fish-reveals a
surprising history with profound implications for the future of
wild animals and human beings alike. The Dragon Behind the Glass
tells the story of a fish like none other: a powerful predator
dating to the age of the dinosaurs. Treasured as a status symbol
believed to bring good luck, the Asian arowana is bred on
high-security farms in Southeast Asia and sold by the hundreds of
thousands each year. In the United States, however, it's protected
by the Endangered Species Act and illegal to bring into the
country-though it remains the object of a thriving black market.
From the South Bronx to Singapore, journalist Emily Voigt follows
the trail of the fish, ultimately embarking on a years-long quest
to find the arowana in the wild, venturing deep into some of the
last remaining tropical wildernesses on earth. In an age when
freshwater fish now comprise one of the most rapidly vanishing
groups of animals on the planet, Voigt unearths a paradoxical truth
behind the dragon fish's rise to fame-one that calls into question
how we protect the world's rarest species. An elegant exploration
of the human conquest of nature, The Dragon Behind the Glass revels
in the sheer wonder of life's diversity and lays bare our deepest
desire-to hold onto what is wild.
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