![]() ![]() ![]() In an introductory segment, Troll states that to make things "simpler" he is calling "all of the chondrichthyans sharks." This arbitrary personal classification allows him to include such non-sharks as rays, guitarfish and chimaeras in his alphabet soup, sadly to the detriment of scientific purity. Kindergarten-Grade 4-An extraordinary alphabet of chondrichthyans from angel sharks to zebra sharks with a nifty intermingling of current and extinct species. Brad Matsen is an author, documentary screenwriter, and photographer whose books include ""Incredible Deep-Sea Adventures ""(2003) ""The Shape of Life"" (2002) ""Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters ""(1998) and his three previous collaborations with Ray Troll. His next book, ""Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, ""with text by paleontologist Kirk Johnson, will be published in 2005. He has created and illustrated several best-selling books, including ""Sharkabet: A Sea of Sharks from A to Z ""(2002) ""Life's a Fish and Then You Fry, ""a cookbook by Randy Bayliss (2002) and, with Brad Matsen, ""Raptors, Fossils, Fins and Fangs ""(1995) ""Planet Ocean: A Story of Life, the Sea, and Dancing to the Fossil Record ""(1994) and ""Ray Troll's Shocking Fish Tales ""(1993). ![]() Ray Troll's art has been featured on the Discovery Channel, in dozens of magazines and newspapers, and in galleries and museums such as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the California Academy of Sciences. ![]()
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