Jul 18, 2007

naked sea butterflies and yeti crabs

"They bear pulse-quickening names that are as if from some weird children's fable: naked sea butterflies, spookfish, pigbutt worms, cutthroat eels, helmet jellies, glasshead grenadiers and yeti crabs. Hued in pink, red, blue, orange, white and purple, these deep-sea denizens can seem repulsive, with their fangs and hooks and hooded eyes."

—Tunku Varadarajan, Wall
Street Journal

The above was taken from a review of the book, The Deep. What a cool couple of sentences. 'pulse-quickening names' - that phrase, followed by the list of said names, paired with the front cover, make this book a must-buy even though I hardly ever buy photo books.

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