Bibliograph

What a fish knows, the inner lives of our underwater cousins, Jonathan Balcombe

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What a fish knows, the inner lives of our underwater cousins, Jonathan Balcombe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What a fish knows

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

945884394

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Balcombe

Sub title

the inner lives of our underwater cousins

Summary

"The author of Second Nature challenges popular misconceptions to explore the complex lives of the planet's diverse fish species, drawing on the latest understandings in animal behavior and biology to reveal their self-awareness, elaborate courtship rituals and cooperative intelligence,"--NoveList

Table Of Contents

Part I. The misunderstood fish -- Part II. What a fish perceives. What a fish sees ; What a fish hears, smells, and tastes ; Navigation, touch, and beyond -- Part III. What a fish feels. Pain, consciousness, and awarenes ; From stress to joy -- Part IV. What a fish thinks. Fins, scales, and intelligence ; Tools, plans, and monkey minds -- Part V. Who a fish knows. Suspended together ; Social contracts ; Cooperation, democracy, and peacekeeping -- Part VI. How a fish breeds. Sex lives ; Parenting styles -- Part VII. Fish out of water

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