Eye of the Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything
Helen Scales
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 bewitchingly interesting life passes hidden from us, under the surface of the water, in the depths of the ocean, and therefore remains largely underestimated and misunderstood. Fish are far from being as primitive creatures as we imagined them 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 previously thought to be limited to humans and some large-brained primates. A fascinating book filled with a huge amount of facts, no doubt, inspire readers to get to know these amazing creatures better and make them think that they are much smarter and live an incomparably more complex and interesting life than is commonly thought.
