What fish don't talk about: A guide to the lives of marine life
14.99 €
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What fish don't talk about: A guide to the lives of marine life
14.99 €
The book by marine biologist Helen Scales is dedicated to the most ordinary and mysterious, well-known and in some ways completely unfamiliar creatures - fish. Their mesmerizingly interesting life is hidden from us, under the surface of the water, in the depths of the ocean and therefore remains largely underestimated and misunderstood by us.
The writer, as a diver, has spent hundreds of hours underwater observing the life of sea creatures, and now as a guide invites us on a fascinating journey through the seas and oceans, the rivers of Europe and America, the reefs and the depths of the sea. We will swim with mantas and sharks, marvel at the cleverness of guban cleaners and rejoice at the beauty and bizarre habits of a variety of fish - from clownfish to piranhas and deep-sea anglers. We'll also learn a lot about why deadly poisonous fish don't poison themselves, how fish in a school don't collide with each other, how they avoid the jaws of swift predators, why they paint secret graffiti on their bodies (and who reads it), what sounds they make, and how they made a deal with bacteria to glow and see in the dark. We learn that fish are far from the primitive creatures they were imagined to be - they can count, use tools, comprehend the laws of physics, can solve complex logical problems, have social intelligence, and are capable of cooperation. Fish exhibit behaviors that were once thought to be unique to humans and some large-brained primates. In the pages of the book we will also meet tireless scientists of the past and present who have devoted their lives to the study of marine creatures, learn about the oldest fish and how fish learned to live on land. Fascinating and packed with a wealth of facts, the book is sure to inspire readers to get to know these amazing creatures better and to think that they are much smarter and live incomparably more complex and interesting lives than is commonly thought.
The writer, as a diver, has spent hundreds of hours underwater observing the life of sea creatures, and now as a guide invites us on a fascinating journey through the seas and oceans, the rivers of Europe and America, the reefs and the depths of the sea. We will swim with mantas and sharks, marvel at the cleverness of guban cleaners and rejoice at the beauty and bizarre habits of a variety of fish - from clownfish to piranhas and deep-sea anglers. We'll also learn a lot about why deadly poisonous fish don't poison themselves, how fish in a school don't collide with each other, how they avoid the jaws of swift predators, why they paint secret graffiti on their bodies (and who reads it), what sounds they make, and how they made a deal with bacteria to glow and see in the dark. We learn that fish are far from the primitive creatures they were imagined to be - they can count, use tools, comprehend the laws of physics, can solve complex logical problems, have social intelligence, and are capable of cooperation. Fish exhibit behaviors that were once thought to be unique to humans and some large-brained primates. In the pages of the book we will also meet tireless scientists of the past and present who have devoted their lives to the study of marine creatures, learn about the oldest fish and how fish learned to live on land. Fascinating and packed with a wealth of facts, the book is sure to inspire readers to get to know these amazing creatures better and to think that they are much smarter and live incomparably more complex and interesting lives than is commonly thought.
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- All books in the series Animals