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13 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
144 kr
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AS FEATURED IN SEASPIRACYAn Observer Book of the Year 2017A Sunday Times must readA New York Times BestsellerEndorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama – ‘Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings’What’s the truth behind the old adage that goldfish have a three-second memory? Do fishes think? Can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? Myth-busting biologist and animal behaviour expert Jonathan Balcombe takes us under the sea, through streams and estuaries to the other side of the aquarium glass to answer these questions and more. He upends our assumptions, revealing that fish are far from the unfeeling, dead-eyed feeding machines so many of us assume them to be. They are, in fact, sentient, aware, social and even Machiavellian – in other words, rather like us.What a Fish Knows draws on the latest science to present a fresh look at these remarkable creatures in all their breathtaking diversity and beauty. Teeming with insights and exciting discoveries, it offers a thoughtful appraisal of our relationships with fish and inspires us to take a more enlightened view of the planet’s increasingly imperilled marine life. What a Fish Knows will forever change how we see our aquatic cousins – the pet goldfish included.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
240 kr
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Do baboons have a sense of right and wrong? Can cats and dogs have their feelings hurt? Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe makes the case that animals, once viewed only as mindless automatons, actually have rich sensory experiences and emotional complexity. Drawing on new research, observational studies, and personal anecdotes to reveal the full spectrum of animal experience, Balcombe paints a new picture of the inner lives of animals that diverges from the "fight or die" image often presented in the popular media. He challenges traditional views of animals and makes the case for why the human-animal relationship needs a complete overhaul. Did you know that dogs recognize unfairness and that rats practice random acts of kindness? Did you know that chimpanzees can trounce humans in short-term memory games? Or that fish distinguish good guys from cheaters, and that birds are susceptible to mood swings such as depression and optimism? With vivid stories and entertaining anecdotes, Balcombe gives the human pedestal a strong shake while opening the door into the inner lives of the animals themselves.
E-bok
Engelska, 202187 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
211 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2025137 kr
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A quirky, intimate, and eye-opening look into the ways of thinking like a fish.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 routinely preferred to think of as simple, and his raconteur’s flair for the surprising and the curious, Balcombe takes us under the sea, through streams and estuaries, and to the other side of the aquarium glass to reveal the surprising capabilities of fishes. Balcombe upends our assumptions about fishes, portraying them not as unfeeling, dead-eyed feeding machines but as sentient, aware, social, and even Machiavellian―in other words, much like us.Using humor and a repertoire of some of the most surprising fish facts you’ve ever heard, Balcombe shakes up what you think you know about what’s going on inside the mind of these denizens of the deep.Fish Sense is part of the Picador Shorts series “Oceans, Rivers, and Streams” in which excerpts from beloved classics speak to our relationship with our water bodies, great and small.
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
178 kr
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Pleasurable Kingdom marshalls the latest evidence that animals, like humans, enjoy themselves. It debunks the popular perception that life for most is a continuous, grim struggle for survival. Instead it suggests that creatures from birds to bats to baboons may feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, anticipation, comfort, aesthetics and more. Combining rigorous evidence, elegant argument and amusing anecdote, leading animal behaviour researcher Dr Jonathan Balcombe proposes that evolution favours sensory rewards because they drive living things to stay alive and reproduce. Animal pain and stress, once controversial, are now acknowledged by legislation in many countries. Likewise the possibility of positive feelings in creatures other than humans has important ramifications for science and society and is thus ripe for informed debate, Balcombe concludes.
E-bok
Engelska, 201671 kr
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AS FEATURED IN SEASPIRACY An Observer Book of the Year 2017 A Sunday Times must read A New York Times Bestseller Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama – ‘Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings’ What’s the truth behind the old adage that goldfish have a three-second memory? Do fishes think? Can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? Myth-busting biologist and animal behaviour expert Jonathan Balcombe takes us under the sea, through streams and estuaries to the other side of the aquarium glass to answer these questions and more. He upends our assumptions, revealing that fish are far from the unfeeling, dead-eyed feeding machines so many of us assume them to be. They are, in fact, sentient, aware, social and even Machiavellian – in other words, rather like us. What a Fish Knows draws on the latest science to present a fresh look at these remarkable creatures in all their breathtaking diversity and beauty. Teeming with insights and exciting discoveries, it offers a thoughtful appraisal of our relationships with fish and inspires us to take a more enlightened view of the planet’s increasingly imperilled marine life. What a Fish Knows will forever change how we see our aquatic cousins – the pet goldfish included.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2018
311 kr
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181 kr
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Der Fisch: ein unterschätztes Wesen und selten niedlich. Angler, Köche und Aquarienbesitzer interessieren sich für ihn, aber unser Herz rührt er kaum, weil wir in seinen Augen nicht lesen und seine Welt nicht begreifen können. Dabei sind die Flossenträger uns Menschen nicht unähnlich – sie sind strategisch und sozial, pflegen aufwendige Balzrituale und lebenslange Beziehungen, können einander täuschen und bestrafen.Jonathan Balcombe, international anerkannter Verhaltensbiologe und seit Jahren spezialisiert auf das Empfindungsvermögen von Fischen, bricht eine Lanze für unsere aquatischen Verwandten und deren erstaunliche Fertigkeiten – und überrascht mit Erkenntnissen, die weit über den Aquarienrand hinausgehen.
E-bok
PDF, Tyska, 2020172 kr
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Die Frage nach den Emotionen von Tieren sowie nach der Emotionalität der Tier-Mensch-Beziehungen ist sowohl für die Animal Studies als auch für die Emotionsforschung zentral. Es ergeben sich Fragen nach der Rolle von Gefühlen in der Grenzziehung zwischen Tieren und Menschen und in der Hierarchisierung des Tierreichs sowie nach den sozialen, ethischen und politischen Folgen dieser Praktiken.Die Beiträge in dieser Ausgabe von Tierstudien setzen sich mit solchen Fragen in Zusammenhängen von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart auseinander. Auf dieser Reise gewinnen die Leser*innen Einblicke in eine Vielzahl von Gegenständen: Die Wichtigkeit des Gefühlslebens von Schlittenhunden in der Aneignung der Arktis durch den Menschen, das Zusammenspiel von Liebe und Tod in Beziehungen zwischen Menschen und Löwen, das Aufscheinen von Emotionen in Vermisstenanzeigen für Hunde sowie wissenschaftliche Zugänge zu tierlichem Gefühlsleben. Thema ist auch die politische Bedeutung des emotionalen Bewusstseins von Tieren, das pädagogische Potential von Tieren in Unterricht und Kinderbuch und die Übersetzung tierlicher Emotionen in Kunst. Zwei künstlerische Beiträge verhandeln schließlich die Trauer um sterbende Heimtiere bzw. lachende Laborratten.
E-bok
Ryska, 201997 kr
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"Ryby — ne prosto zhivye sushchestva: eto individuumy, obladayushchie lichnost''yu i stroyashchie otnosheniya s drugimi. Oni mogut uchit''sya, vosprinimat'' informaciyu i izobretat'' novoe, uspokaivat'' drug druga i stroit'' plany na budushchee. Oni sposobny poluchat'' udovol''stvie, nahodit''sya v igrivom nastroenii, oshchushchat'' strah, bol'' i radost''. Eto ne prosto umnye, no i soznayushchie, obshchitel''nye, social''nye, sposobnye ispol''zovat'' instrumenty kommunikacii, dobrodetel''nye i dazhe besprincipnye sushchestva. Cel'' moej knigi — pozvolit'' im vyskazat''sya tak, kak bylo nevozmozhno v proshlom. Blagodarya znachitel''nym dostizheniyam v oblasti etologii, sociobiologii, nejrobiologii i ekologii my mozhem luchshe ponyat'', na chto pohozh mir dlya samih ryb, kak oni vosprinimayut ego, chuvstvuyut i poznayut na sobstvennom opyte". (Dzhonatan Belkomb)
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
160 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2021, 3-6 år
168 kr
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