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What a fish knows the inner lives of our underwater cousins

Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In What a Fish Knows, the myth-busting ethologist Jonathan Balcombe addresses these questions and more, taking us under the sea, through streams an...

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Main Author: Balcombe, Jonathan P. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2017.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Fishes > Behavior.
Fishes > Physiology.
Animal communication.
Animal intelligence.
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Summary:Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In What a Fish Knows, the myth-busting ethologist Jonathan Balcombe addresses these questions and more, taking us under the sea, through streams and estuaries, and to the other side of the aquarium glass to reveal the surprising capabilities of fishes.
Physical Description:viii, 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780374537098
0374537097
Author Notes:Jonathan Balcombe is the director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and the author of four books, including Second Nature and Pleasurable Kingdom . A popular commentator, he has appeared on The Diane Rehm Show , the BBC, and the National Geographic Channel, and in several documentaries, and is a contributor of features and opinions to The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , Nature , and other publications. He lives in Maryland. Find him on Facebook, follow him on Twitter, and visit his website.

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