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    What a fish knows : the inner lives of our underwater cousins / Jonathan Balcombe.

    • Title:What a fish knows : the inner lives of our underwater cousins / Jonathan Balcombe.
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    • Author/Creator:Balcombe, Jonathan, 1959- author.
    • Published/Created:New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2017.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Fishes--Behavior.
      Fishes--Physiology.
      Animal communication.
      Animal intelligence.
    • Medical Subjects: Animal Communication
    • Edition:1st pbk. ed.
    • Description:viii, 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
    • 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.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0374537097
      9780374537098
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I MISUNDERSTOOD FISH
      pt. II WHAT A FISH PERCEIVES
      What a Fish Sees
      What a Fish Hears, Smells, and Tastes
      Navigation, Touch, and Beyond
      pt. III WHAT A FISH FEELS
      Pain, Consciousness, and Awareness
      From Stress to Joy
      pt. IV WHAT A FISH THINKS
      Fins, Scales, and Intelligence
      Tools, Plans, and Monkey Minds
      pt. V WHO A FISH KNOWS
      Suspended Together
      Social Contracts
      Cooperation, Democracy, and Peacekeeping
      pt. VI HOW A FISH BREEDS
      Sex Lives
      Parenting Styles
      pt. VII FISH OUT OF WATER.
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