What a Fish Knows – An Underwater Expose with NY Times Best-Selling Author and Biologist Dr. Jonathan Balcombe
Voyage with Jonathan under the seas, through streams, rivers & to the other side of the aquarium glass for an exciting adventure.
Learn what really lies beneath the water as Jonathan reveals the mysterious and secret lives of fish – what fish really know. Explore the hidden world of fish and their amazing abilities.
Secrets revealed:
- How fish experience the five senses and navigate in the vast expanse of the seas;
- What fish feel: do they express happiness, play; experience pain, have consciousness, get stressed;
- What fish think: how do they learn, do they have memory, work, plan, make tools, build and solve problems;
- Do fish have personalities – are some shy or extroverted; what is their social life, do they work well with others, are they democratic, can they resolve conflicts and make friends.
- What is their social life: dating and parenting skills;
- Do they recognize familiar people or even their own species, why do they swim in schools, can they talk, sing, do they sleep, can they signal danger; is there a social hierarchy. Learn these secrets and other fascinating facts about our underwater cousins.
Arguably the least understood, and certainly the most exploited vertebrates on Earth, fishes have been mainly viewed by us in two contexts: as a source of food, and as a source of recreation. It is as if they didn’t have lives of their own. Modern science shows otherwise. In this eye-opening, illustrated presentation, Balcombe combines science with story-telling to explore the colorful lives of the most diverse group of vertebrates on Earth. Balcombe explores fish perceptions, cognition, emotion, social behavior, and cooperation, and wraps it in the context of our evolving relationship to fishes and their aquatic habitats.
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Biography
Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior.
Jonathan, a research scientist & author of six books, is the former director of the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy & a consultant for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. He received his PhD in ethology (animal behavior) & has been hailed by Jane Goodall & the Dalai Lama, and has received accolades from the London Times, Wall St. Journal, New Yorker Magazine and the Huffington Post. Jonathan has appeared on the BBC, National Geographic Channel and in numerous documentaries about aquatic animals. He is extensively quoted in prominent magazines and scientific journals.
His books include Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, and What a Fish Knows—a New York Times best-seller now available in fifteen languages. His most recent book, Super Fly, was published in May 2021 by Penguin Books.
Also scheduled for publication this year is a children’s book about a boy and a fish. Jonathan has taught courses in animal behavior and sentience for the Humane Society University and the Viridis Graduate Institute and also does professional editing for both aspiring and established authors. He lives in Belleville, Ontario where in his spare time he enjoys hiking, biking, baking, birding, Bach and trying to understand the neighborhood squirrels. Learn more about his work at www.jonathan-balcombe.com or visit his Facebook page.