How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication

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Fascinating Greta Thunberg

Extraordinary Merlin Sheldrake

A must-read New Scientist

Enthralling George Monbiot

Brilliant Philip Hoare
As a biologist and nature filmmaker, Tom Mustill had always liked whales. But when one landed on his kayak, nearly killing him, the video clip of the event going viral, he became obsessed.

This book traces an extraordinary investigation into the deep ocean and todays cutting-edge science. 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 Can we hope to one day understand animals Are we ready for what they might say

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.

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A rich exploration of some of the world's most astonishing creatures Mustill weaves a narrative that will expand your concept of language and deepen your understanding of the many ways there are to be alive. This is an extraordinary book that left me inspired Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life

A must-read a hugely engaging personal story of a journey into the future of human-animal communication facilitated by delving into its past New Scientist

[An] extensively researched and energetic book it is via the informed, far-reaching empathy of intermediaries such as Mustill that we stand our best chance of seeing into the non-human depths New Statesman

First-class Reasoned, entertaining, and fact-filled Forbes

Fascinating and deeply humane Greta Thunberg

A rich, enthralling, brilliant book that opens our eyes and ears to worlds we can scarcely imagine
George Monbiot, Sunday Times bestselling author of Regenesis

Tantalizing Think how transformative it would be if we could chat with whales about their love lives or their sorrows or their thoughts on the philosophy of language Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker

Mind-blowing You will never feel closer to the magnificence of whales
Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden

A scary, important and brilliant book If we do get to translate whale, will we like what theyve got to say
Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan

Mustill takes us farther, much farther, than Dr. Dolittle ever imagined Carl Safina

Riveting One of the most exciting and hopeful books I have read in ages Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus

Mustill conveys the richness of whale song and communication Frans de Waal

Lively and informative Jonathan Slaght, author of Owls of the Eastern Ice

Extraordinary Christiana Figueres

Author Bio

Tom Mustill is a producer, director and writer specialising in stories of where people and nature meet. His work with David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, Stephen Fry and conservation and science heroes across the globe have won over 30 international awards, including two Webbys, a Wildscreen Panda, two Jackson Wild Awards and been nominated for a Primetime Emmy. He directed on the blockbuster Inside Nature's Giants series which won a BAFTA, Royal Television Society and Broadcast award, as well as the ZSL Award for Communicating Zoology.