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What a Fish Knows

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AS FEATURED IN SEASPIRACY

An Observer Book of the Year 2017

A Sunday Times must read

New York Times Bestseller

Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama - 'Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings'

What's the truth behind the old adage that goldfish have a three-second memory? Do fishes think? Can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? Myth-busting biologist and animal behaviour expert Jonathan Balcombe takes us under the sea, through streams and estuaries to the other side of the aquarium glass to answer these questions and more. He upends our assumptions, revealing that fish are far from the unfeeling, dead-eyed feeding machines so many of us assume them to be. They are, in fact, sentient, aware, social and even Machiavellian - in other words, rather like us.

What a Fish Knows draws on the latest science to present a fresh look at these remarkable creatures in all their breathtaking diversity and beauty. Teeming with insights and exciting discoveries, it offers a thoughtful appraisal of our relationships with fish and inspires us to take a more enlightened view of the planet's increasingly imperilled marine life. What a Fish Knows will forever change how we see our aquatic cousins - the pet goldfish included.

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ISBN: 9781786072092
Publication date: 5th October 2017
Author: Jonathan Balcombe
Publisher: Oneworld an imprint of Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 304 pages
Genres: Freshwater biology
Marine biology
Zoology: fishes (ichthyology)
Oceanography (seas and oceans)
Limnology (inland waters)
Drought and water supply
The Earth: natural history: general interest
Popular Science
Applied ecology