Balcombe, Jonathan P

"The author of Second Nature challenges popular misconceptions to explore the complex lives of the planet's diverse fish species, drawing on the latest understandings in animal behavior and biology to reveal their self-awareness, elaborate courtship rituals and cooperative intelligence."--Provided by publisher.

Examines scientific and evolutionary evidence to argue that animals, like humans, have evolved enough to focus on enjoyment as much as survival.

Contains photographs of animals experiencing forms of pleasure comparable to that of humans, and explores how pleasure is important to the animal world.