DISENTANGLED 2019 - Ethnozoology and Environmental Explanation of the Gloucester Sea Serpent (Paperback)

The Definitive Study and Solution to the Centuries-old Mystery of the World's Most Sighted Sea Serpent There is a long history of conflating sightings of unidentified marine objects (UMOs) as purported sea serpents. Most sightings are either of an extremely brief duration or made by a single observer, and thus often easy to dismiss. This is not the case, however, with respect to the so-called Gloucester Sea Serpent which frequented the Massachusetts and New York coasts during the early nineteenth century. Witnessed by hundreds of people for extended periods repeatedly over many days, the Gloucester UMO is the most sighted 'sea serpent' in history. As well, due to being the object of study at the time and shortly thereafter by naturalists, the mysterious creature remains the most thoroughly investigated of all putative sea serpents. For these reasons, it has achieved an exalted status among cryptozoologists who maintain it represents the best evidence for the existence of sea serpents. For the first time, an eminently qualified aquatic biologist and ethnozoologist presents the definitive history of the phenomena and carefully examines the evidence. It is concluded that the most parsimonious explanation behind the Gloucester Sea Serpent is as early evidence for what is today recognized as being one of the most serious threats to marine biodiversity: entanglement in fishing gear and other maritime debris. Therefore, although widely considered to be restricted to the advent and widespread use of non-degradable plastic in the middle of the twentieth century, this new interpretation of the Gloucester UMO suggests that entanglement has a much longer environmental history than is commonly believed.

General

Imprint:	Wageningen Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	March 2019
Authors:	Robert L. France
Dimensions:	240 x 170mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-90-868633-5-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Promotions
LSN:	90-868633-5-3
Barcode:	9789086863358

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