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Sing Like Fish: How sound rules life under water [non-booktrade customers only]
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Author: Amorina Kingdon
From award-winning science writer Amorina Kingdon, "Sing Like Fish" is a captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes. Kingdon synthesises historical discoveries with the latest research to draw a clear and compelling portrait of the sonic undersea world, intimately and artfully delivering us a profound new understanding of the world below the surface. For centuries humans ignored sound in the ‘silent world’ of the ocean, assuming that what we couldn’t perceive, didn’t exist. But we couldn’t have been more wrong. Marine scientists now have the technology to record and study the complex interplay of the myriad sounds in the sea. Finally, we can trace how sounds travel with the currents, bounce from the seafloor and surface, bend with temperature, and even saltiness; how sounds help marine life survive; and how human noise can transform entire marine ecosystems.From plainfin midshipman fish, whose swim-bladder drumming is so loud it keeps houseboat-dwellers awake, to the syntax of whalesong, from the deafening crackle of snapping shrimp, to underwater earthquakes and volcanoes, sound plays a vital role in feeding, mating, parenting, navigating, and warning. Meanwhile, our seas also echo with human-made sound, and we are only just learning how these pervasive noises can mask mating calls, chase animals from their food, and even wound creatures.In the words of Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod, 'Amorina Kingdon’s "Sing Like Fish" is that rare book that makes you see the world differently, at least the two thirds that is ocean. For someone like me, who has always loved and tried to understand the sea, this fascinating book makes you feel closer to the life that is teeming there.’
ISBN 9781922585370. Scribe Publications. pb. 288 pages. 23.4 x 15.3 cm .
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From award-winning science writer Amorina Kingdon, "Sing Like Fish" is a captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes. Kingdon synthesises historical discoveries with the latest research to draw a clear and compelling portrait of the sonic undersea world, intimately and artfully delivering us a profound new understanding of the world below the surface. For centuries humans ignored sound in the ‘silent world’ of the ocean, assuming that what we couldn’t perceive, didn’t exist. But we couldn’t have been more wrong. Marine scientists now have the technology to record and study the complex interplay of the myriad sounds in the sea. Finally, we can trace how sounds travel with the currents, bounce from the seafloor and surface, bend with temperature, and even saltiness; how sounds help marine life survive; and how human noise can transform entire marine ecosystems.From plainfin midshipman fish, whose swim-bladder drumming is so loud it keeps houseboat-dwellers awake, to the syntax of whalesong, from the deafening crackle of snapping shrimp, to underwater earthquakes and volcanoes, sound plays a vital role in feeding, mating, parenting, navigating, and warning. Meanwhile, our seas also echo with human-made sound, and we are only just learning how these pervasive noises can mask mating calls, chase animals from their food, and even wound creatures.In the words of Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod, 'Amorina Kingdon’s "Sing Like Fish" is that rare book that makes you see the world differently, at least the two thirds that is ocean. For someone like me, who has always loved and tried to understand the sea, this fascinating book makes you feel closer to the life that is teeming there.’
ISBN 9781922585370. Scribe Publications. pb. 288 pages. 23.4 x 15.3 cm .
available