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Sam Hume

Sam Hume is a wildlife filmmaker, whose work has featured on the BBC (Springwatch, Big Blue Live), Apple TV+ (Tiny World) and ITV (A Year On Planet Earth (in production). He studied Zoology at St. Andrews University, where he was the senior aquarist of the local aquarium—training harbor seals and managing captive breeding of thornback rays. Today, Sam lives in Somerset with his wife and a large menagerie of strange animals (including two daughters). This is his first book for children.
Maravillas del mundo acuático (An Anthology of Aquatic Life)
An Anthology of Aquatic Life

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Maravillas del mundo acuático (An Anthology of Aquatic Life)
An Anthology of Aquatic Life

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Mental Health Awareness Month Resources

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