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Jonathan Balcombe
From an expert in animal consciousness, a book that will turn the fly on the wall into the elephant in the room.
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Animal behaviour expert, Dr Jonathan Balcombe, combines rigorous evidence, elegant argument and amusing anecdotes to show that that animals, like humans, enjoy themselves. It debunks the popular perception that life…
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An underwater exploration that overturns myths about fishes and reveals their complex lives, from tool use to social behavior
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‘Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings’ - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
From New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Balcombe comes this charming and affecting tale of young Jake, who on his first fishing trip with his grandfather, makes a crucial discovery…
Belinda Recio
Extraordinary observations of animals living and behaving with feeling in our world.
Jonathan Peter Balcombe
Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival. This book opens our eyes to a different way of looking at the animal kingdom. Including more than…
Jonathan Balcombe’s follow-up to his successful first book, Pleasurable Kingdom, is an eloquent and scientifically informed account, which shatters the myth that animals eat and reproduce mindlessly and shows how…
