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Tom Mustill
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Comment parler baleine : l'incroyable avenir de la communication animale
Tom Mustill
- Albin michel
- 8 Février 2023
- 9782226478481
TTT - Télérama« Nous avons peu d'égards envers ce que les animaux pensent ou ressentent, et nous nous demandons rarement si leur vie intérieure ressemble à la nôtre. Tom Mustill nous montre pourquoi nous devons le faire, et ce que nous - et la planète - avons à y gagner. » Greta ThunbergBaie de Monterey, Californie, septembre 2015. Tom Mustill, réalisateur de documentaires, embarque sur un kayak pour observer les baleines. L'excursion touche à sa fin lorsque soudain, une baleine à bosse jaillit hors de l'eau et heurte violemment le kayak. Pourtant, contre toute attente, elle leur laisse la vie sauve. Bouleversé, Tom Mustill cherche à comprendre : comment a-t-il survécu ? La baleine l'a-t-elle délibérément évité ? Serait-il possible de communiquer avec elle ? Répondre à ces questions devient dès lors son obsession. Il le fait dans ce livre passionnant, nous guidant à travers l'univers incroyable des cétacés. Brossant un panorama exhaustif des recherches sur la communication animale, il avance cette hypothèse, plus que probable : et si, dans un avenir très proche, nous parlions baleine ?
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HOW TO SPEAK WHALE - A VOYAGE INTO THE FUTURE OF ANIMAL COMMUNICATION
Tom Mustill
- William collins
- 6 Septembre 2022
- 9780008363390
''Fascinating'' Greta Thunberg ''Enthralling'' George Monbiot ''Brilliant'' Philip Hoare ''Riveting'' Sy Montgomery A thrilling investigation into the pioneering world of animal communication, where big data and artificial intelligence are changing our relationship with animals forever In 2015, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill was whale watching when a humpback breached onto his kayak and nearly killed him. After a video clip of the event went viral, Tom found himself inundated with theories about what happened. He became obsessed with trying to find out what the whale had been thinking and sometimes wished he could just ask it. In the process of making a film about his experience, he discovered that might not be such a crazy idea.
This is a story about the pioneers in a new age of discovery, whose cutting-edge developments in natural science and technology are taking us to the brink of decoding animal communication - and whales, with their giant mammalian brains and sophisticated vocalisations, offer one of the most realistic opportunities for us to do so. Using ''underwater ears,'' robotic fish, big data and machine intelligence, leading scientists and tech-entrepreneurs across the world are working to turn the fantasy of Dr Dolittle into a reality, upending much of what we know about these mysterious creatures. But what would it mean if we were to make contact? And with climate change threatening ever more species with extinction, would doing so alter our approach to the natural world?
Enormously original and hugely entertaining, How to Speak Whale is an unforgettable look at how close we truly are to communicating with another species - and how doing so might change our world beyond recognition.
