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020			_a9781472936844 _q(hardback)
020			_a1472936841 _q(hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1038029813
092			_a597 _bS281
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aScales, Helen, _eauthor. _9282152
245	1	0	_aEye of the shoal : _ba fish-watcher's guide to life, the ocean and everything / _cHelen Scales.
264		1	_aLondon : _bBloomsbury Sigma, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a320 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (page [306]-310) and index.
520			_aSeventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. This vast aquatic realm is inhabited by a multitude of strange creatures and reigning supreme among them are the fish. There are giants that live for centuries and thumb-sized tiddlers that survive only weeks; they can be pancake-flat or inflatable balloons; they can shout with colors or hide in plain sight, cheat and dance, remember and say sorry; some rarely budge while others travel the globe restlessly. And yet the mesmerizing and complex lives of fish remain largely underrated and unseen, living hidden beneath the waterline, out of sight and out of mind. Helen Scales is our guide on an underwater journey, as we fathom the depths and watch these animals going about the glorious business of being fish. As well as the fish, we meet devoted fishwatchers past and present, from voodoo zombie potion hunters and scientists who taught fish how to walk to nonagenarian explorers of the deep sea. Woven throughout are vignettes of Helen's own aquatic explorations, from eerie nighttime dives with glowing fish and up-close encounters with giant manta rays, to floating in the middle of a swirling shoal being watched by thousands of inquisitive eyes. As well as being a rich and entertaining read, this book will inspire readers to think again about these animals and the seas they inhabit, and to go out and appreciate the wonders of fish, whether through the glass walls of an aquarium or, better still, by gazing into the fishes' wild world and swimming through it.
520			_aSeventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water and reigning supreme among its creatures are the fish. Their mesmerizing and complex lives remain largely unseen, hidden beneath the waterline, out of sight and out of mind. Scales helps readers fathom the depths and watch these animals going about the glorious business of being fish. She inspires readers to think again about these animals and the seas they inhabit, and to go out and appreciate the wonders of fish.-- adapted from jacket.
505	0		_aPrologue: The wandering ichthyologist -- Ichthyo-curiosities -- A view from the deep: introducing the fish -- Outrageous acts of colour -- Illuminations -- Anatomy of a shoal -- Fish food -- Toxic fish -- How fish used to be -- Fish symphonies -- (Re)thinking fish -- Epilogue.
650		0	_aFishes. _933597
650		0	_aFish watching. _9362352
650		0	_aFish communities. _9362353
650		0	_aFishes _xFolklore. _9362354
650		0	_aIchthyology. _9362355
650		0	_aDeep diving. _925709
650		0	_aMarine biologists. _9362356
650		0	_aMarine biology _xHistory. _9362357
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