Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands

Up close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them--By just thirty miles from the Golden Gate Bridge! population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants dine on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the great white sharks return to California's Farallon Islands to dine on their favorite meal: the seals that live on the island's rocky coasts. Massive, fast, and perfectly adapted to hunting after 11 million years of evolution, the great whites are among the planet's most fearsome, fascinating, and least understood animals.