Author(s): Jackie Higgins

Environment

<b>'Spellbinding . . . More than any other book, [Sentient] has made me think differently about the world this year.' </b><b>– <i>Financial Times</i> Best Books of the Year</b> <b>'Lyrical and lucid . . . </b><b>Higgins makes popular science accessible</b><b>.</b><b>' </b><b>– </b><i><b>Observer</b></i> The peacock mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture aquarium walls. The great grey owl can hear many decibels lower than the human ear. The star-nosed mole’s miraculous nose allows it to catch worms in as little as 120 milliseconds. In <i>Sentient</i>, Jackie Higgins assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures – from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe – to understand what it means to be human. In it, we also meet the four-eyed spookfish and its dark vision, the vampire bat and its remarkable powers of touch, as well as the common octopus, the Goliath catfish and the duck-billed platypus. Each zoological marvel illustrates the surprising sensory powers that lie within us and enables us to engage with the world in ways we never knew possible.