Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface. What is a Marine Biologist? vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Apologia xi
6. Prologue. The Perils of Teaching 1
7. 1 Deadly Darts 3
8. 2 The Great Jade Green Octopus Hunt 9
9. 3 Bedtime Stories 20
10. 4 Garden of Eden: The Death Apple and the Tree of Life 29
11. 5 A True Romance Story 36
12. 6 Elixir of Love 46
13. 7 Skinny South Sea Sausages 52
14. 8 The Only Male Reproductive Organ with a Name 59
15. 9 Living Lance 66
16. 10 Role Reversal 74
17. 11 Super Male 83
18. 12 Miracle Fish 89
19. 13 Fugu 99
20. 14 Bunnies of the Sea 107
21. 15 Passion for Purple 116
22. 16 Size Does Count 122
23. 17 Fiddler on the Root 131
24. 18 Beware the Duppy 138
25. 19 The Secret of an Improved Sex Life 145
26. 20 How to Court a Female 152
27. 21 The Anti-BLB Club 159
28. 22 Sea Pussy 166
29. 23 Debunking the Big Lie 176
30. 24 A Peek into the Anus of a Sea Cucumber 183
31. 25 The Yellow Submarine 190
32. 26 The Perils of Vanity 200
33. 27 Sexually Repressed Victorian Taxonomists 206
34. 28 Random Ramblings on Relationships 214
35. 29 Penile Bloodletting 222
36. 30 Death and Confusion 232
37. 31 Eyeball to Eyeball 242
38. Epilogue. The Facets of Knowledge 253
39. Glossary 257
40. Illustration Sources 264
41. Index 265