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Goldfish (Paperback)
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Goldfish (Paperback)
Series: Animal
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List price R404
Loot Price R368
Discovery Miles 3 680
You Save R36 (9%)
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Living work of art, consumer commodity, scientific hero and
environmental menace: the humble goldfish is the ultimate human
cultural artefact. A creature of supposedly little memory and short
lifespan, it has universal appeal. In ancient China, goldfish were
saved from predators in acts of religious reverence and selectively
bred for their glittering grace. In the East, they became the
subject of exquisite art, regarded as living flowers that moved,
while in the West, they became ubiquitous residents of the
Victorian parlour. Cheap and eminently available, today they are
bred by the millions for the growing domestic pet market, while
also proving to be important to laboratory studies of perception,
vision and intelligence. In this illuminating homage to the
goldfish, Anna Marie Roos challenges the cultural preconceptions of
a creature often thought to be common and disposable, as she blends
art and science to trace the surprising and intriguing history of
this much-loved animal.
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