{"id":45628,"date":"2026-02-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=45628"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:30:42","slug":"the-art-of-finding-dory-jellyfish-a-natural-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/the-art-of-finding-dory-jellyfish-a-natural-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Finding Dory \/ Jellyfish: A Natural History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE ART OF FINDING DORY \u2013 BENEATH THE SURFACE OF DISNEY\u2019S AMAZING AQUATIC ADVENTURE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Art of Finding Dory<\/em>
by Disney and Pixar Studios (preface by John Lasseter)
Chronicle Books
2016, 176 pages, 9.5 x 11.5 x 1 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Art of Finding Dory<\/em> is more than a companion book to the new Disney Pixar movie \u2013 it\u2019s an in-depth look at all aspects of the development and production process for an animated film. Finding Dory<\/em> the movie explores the life of the forgetful little blue fish known as Dory, while the book not only delves into Dory\u2019s background, but also lets the reader experience the imagination (and magic) of Pixar and Disney. The team behind the movie spent countless hours at beaches, aquariums, marine rehabilitation centers, and along the California coastline to create the most realistic world possible under the sea. They researched how light filters through the ocean, how sea life travels in deep water, and how to make authentic-looking coral reefs out of clay. The Art of Finding Dory<\/em> chronicles their creative process through photos, hand drawings, computer generated images, story boards, and detailed color palettes. It took four years to bring Finding Dory<\/em> to the big screen. Once you read The Art of Finding Dory<\/em> you will understand what a true labor of love the journey was. \u2013 Carole Rosner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JELLYFISH: A NATURAL HISTORY \u2013 A LUSCIOUS BOOK ABOUT OUR OCEAN\u2019S BRAINLESS, HEARTLESS CREATURES<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Jellyfish: A Natural History<\/em>
by Lisa-ann Gershwin
University of Chicago Press
2016, 224 pages, 8.2 x 9.5 x 1 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five interesting facts I read in the just-released Jellyfish: A Natural History<\/em>:
1. The deadly box jellyfish is the world\u2019s most venomous animal, and its sting feels like \u201ca splash of boiling oil, searingly hot and indescribably painful.\u201d
2. The immortal jellyfish is just what it sounds like \u2013 its cells keep regenerating so that it forever cycles from baby to adult back to baby again.
3. Recently, jellyfish blooms \u2013 or swarms \u2013 have become denser, are covering much larger areas than ever before, and are \u201clasting far longer than normal,\u201d due to climate change.
4. Jellyfish can clone themselves, but the replica is so different from the original that it ends up being classified as a separate animal.
5. The giant heart jelly can grow to 165 feet, longer than a blue whale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is nothing. Every page of text in Jellyfish<\/em> has facts as fascinating as these, woven into a thorough coverage of jellyfish history, biology and ecology. Author Lisa-ann Gershwin, a marine biologist who has discovered over 200 new species of jellyfish, does an excellent job of combining a compelling narrative of 50 different jellyfish with luscious, I-can\u2019t-believe-they\u2019re-real photos. Put this book on your coffee table with caution \u2013 you might lose your guests as they submerge themselves into a book that\u2019s as exotic as it is absorbing. \u2013 Carla Sinclair<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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