Warm-blooded writing on cold-blooded creatures – the beautiful, mesmerising and complex world of fish
Prologue: The wandering ichthyologist Chapter 1: Ichthyo-curiosities Sedna the sea goddess Chapter 2: A view from the deep - introducing the fish How the flounder lost its smile Chapter 3: Outrageous acts of colour The salmon of knowledge Chapter 4: Illuminations O-namazu Chapter 5: Anatomy of a shoal Osiris and the elephantfish Chapter 6: Fish food Vatnagedda Chapter 7: Toxic fish Chipfalamfula Chapter 8: How fish used to be The Doctor of the sea Chapter 9: Fish symphonies The fish and the golden shoe Chapter 10: (Re)thinking fish Epilogue Appendix: Illustration species list Glossary Select bibliography and notes Acknowledgements Index
Helen Scales is a marine biologist based in Cambridge. Her doctorate involved searching for giant, endangered fish in Borneo; she's also tagged sharks in California, and once spent a year cataloguing all the marine life she could find surrounding a hundred islands in the Andaman Sea. Helen regularly appears on BBC Radio 4, Sky News and the BBC World Service, and has presented documentaries on topics such as whether people will ever live underwater, the science of surfing and the intricacies of sharks' minds. She is scientific advisor to the charity Sea Changers, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a tutor at the University of Cambridge. Her previous book Spirals in Time was BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week, a number one smash on Amazon and a Guardian bestseller. @helenscales / helenscales.com
Scales's genuine appreciation and awe for fish are contagious. She
continually entices the reader by introducing exciting aspects of
fish in each chapter.
*Science*
A delightful book that provides a welcome invitation to enter the
amazing world of fish.
*New Scientist*
An engaging and informative bouillabaisse.
*The Economist*
A sprawling, ambitious underwater journey studded with fascinating
tidbits.
*New York Times Book Review*
This aquarium of a book is an eloquent reminder of how remarkable
[fish] are.
*Natural History*
Enthralling and thought-provoking
*Countryman*
Helen Scales invites us to dive below the waterline as she reveals
the hidden but glorious lives of fish going about their rather
fascinating business.
*Coast*
Eye of the Shoal is a book brimming with wonders. Shimmering
colours, otherworldly abilities, and compelling dramas flood every
page, as the masterful Helen Scales brings us eye-to-eye with the
world of fishes – creatures who are at once thrillingly strange and
startlingly ubiquitous. Whether you snorkel or scuba, whether you
meet fish in a tank or on TV, this book is new portal to see our
blue planet with new eyes, one that will make you love our world
and its creatures all the more.
*Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus*
Eye of the Shoal is like a beautiful glass bottomed boat that
reveals this mysterious realm with joyful passion and perfect
clarity. You couldn't have a more knowledgable guide on board than
Helen.
*Dallas Campbell, science broadcaster and author*
Eye of the Shoal is an absorbing account of the least understood
area of our planet. Helen brings the depths to life, not only with
wondrous accounts from her extensive travels, but also by
introducing us to some magnificently improbable characters (both
human and piscine), and by astonishing us with mind-blowing facts
on every page.
*James Harkin, QI's Head Elf and presenter on the award-winning
podcast 'No Such Thing as a Fish'*
This fantastic and timely book will change your perspective on your
pet goldfish, a fishmonger's window display, a darting flash of
silver glimpsed from a boat and the colourful world of a coral
reef. A must-read for anyone interested in life on Earth.
*Helen Czerski, physicist, oceanographer and author of Storm in a
Teacup*
If you already love fish wherever they swim, you'll be astonished
by so many new discoveries in these pages. If you don't love fish –
you surely will.'
*Carl Safina, author of The View From Lazy Point, and Beyond Words:
What Animals Think and Feel*
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