What a fish knows
Subtitle: the inner lives of our underwater cousins
By: Jonathan Balcombe
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Scientific Amer Books; Scientific American/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780374288211
Subjects: Fishes; Animal communication; Physiology; Behavior; Animal intelligence
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The misunderstood fish; title: What a fish perceives; title: What a fish feels; title: What a fish thinks; title: Who a fish knows; title: How a fish breeds; title: Fish out of water.