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Book Review from page 14

aquarium with many tropical fish, and wondered whether electric organ discharges (EOD). Studies have shown known fish species that include sharks, rays, lobsters,
they recognize the human faces staring at them ... or them to have an astounding ability to discern pulse time sea turtles, octopuses, hippopotamuses – even humans
whether to believe the fishermen who claim that fish don’t differences down to a millionth of a second! “This rivals in some Asian health spas!
feel pain from the hooks used to catch them ... or whether echolocation by bats as the fastest form of communication For lack of space in this review, I will omit sections of the
some fish like to be petted by humans ... or whether it’s in the animal kingdom.” book’s text – indicated with an ellipse (...):
important to be careful in selecting which fishes can live Think about it: a millionth of a second! I had to put the In this win-win arrangement, the cleaner “picks over the
together in a home aquarium and which cannot, including book down at that point, marveling at the communication clients’ bodies, removing parasites, dead skin, algae, and
individual personalities ... or whether fish can hear and system of this small fish in Africa that I had never even other undesirable blemishes. Clients benefit by receiving a
“speak” to each other underwater ... or whether fishes have heard of. spa treatment, including parasite removal. Cleaners get fed.”
intelligence, a range of emotions, and a real memory (not I will offer one more brief excerpt from this ...“Clients are not passive participants. When it is their
just the three seconds that are generally credited by people extraordinary paperback volume (which, by the way, turn, they approach the cleaning station and hover in place,
to goldfish) ... these and hundreds of other questions are includes an interesting section of color photographs) just spreading their fins to help cleaners reach all the nooks and
answered in this fascinating book that covers not only to give you another example of the rich array of surprises crannies. Some open their mouths and gill covers to allow
finned fish but octopuses, rays, eels, shellfish and others. you will find in its pages. The chapter I refer to, Social the usually much smaller cleaners to enter and exit. A cleaner
One of the most “shocking” facts in the book (pun Contracts, describes the ongoing relationship between will sometimes butt her snout against fins and gill covers to
intended) relates to the way a species of elephantfish that “cleanerfishes” (more than 20 different species of signal the client to spread them for inspection. Cleaners also
lives in river and coastal basins of western and central fishes that include wrasses, damselfishes, jacks, cichlids, vibrate their ventral fins so that they tap against the host’s
Africa communicate with each other by high-speed guppies, sunfishes, etc.) and their clients, well over a 100 body in a signal that says, ‘Please keep this part of your body
still for inspection.’
“This is a dramatic scene if the client is a large predator.
LET US HELP YOU cleaner for a quick snack, it just isn’t savvy to eat your
Although a shark or a moray eel could easily snap up the
service provider.
“But it is kosher to show your consideration toward them.
Ship Your Valuable Packages & Furniture Groupers, for example, use signals to assist the cleanerfishes
who tend to them. A large mouth gape acts as an invitation.
While the cleaner is busy, the grouper keeps an eye out for
any possible threats. If the cleaner happens to be in the
• CLOTHING • SCULPTURES • CUSTOM PACKING AND CRATING grouper’s mouth when danger is approaching, the grouper
• DISHES • ARTWORK • ESTATES PACKING AND snaps its mouth closed but leaves just enough room for the
cleaner to escape and dart into a safe cranny in the reef. If a
• ANTIQUES • COMPUTERS SHIPPING cleaner is in the gills, the same thing happens, only this time
• FURNISHINGS • FURNITURE SHIPPING • BOXES AND PACKING SUPPLIES it is the gill cover that is left ajar.”
If this review has provided the bait to hook you into wanting
to know more about What a Fish Knows, trust me: You won’t
WE PACK AND FREE be disappointed with the author’s full seafood entrée.

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