Fish Sense (Picador Shorts) by Jonathan Balcombe - ISBN: 9781250391216
Paperback
Dive into the surprising world of fish consciousness and hidden depths.

Fish Sense (Picador Shorts)

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    28 October 2025

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Summary

An extract from the much-loved modern classic on the subject of fish consciousness, What a Fish Knows.

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? Jonathan Balcombe dives in among our marine cousins to explore the essential questions of how fish perceive and process the world.

With his ethologist’s gift for showing us the hidden depths of questions we’ve routin…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781250391216
ISBN-10:1250391210
Author:Jonathan Balcombe
Publisher:St Martin's Press
Imprint:Picador USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:28 October 2025
Weight:110g
Dimensions:193mm x 131mm x 13mm
Series:Picador Shorts
About The Author

Jonathan Balcombe

Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. His books include Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, What a Fish Knows-a New York Times bestseller now available in fifteen languages-and Super Fly. He has published more than sixty scholarly papers and book chapters, as well as essays, opinions, and letters in popular magazines and newspapers. He lives in Belleville, Ontario, where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the neighborhood squirrels.

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