Are You A Thalassophile?

if the answer is yes,

then I am pretty sue you will enjoy The Blue Wonder by Frauke Bagusche, translated by Jamie McIntosh, it is a fact that humans know more about the moon’s surface than we do about the ocean, there is so much to be discovered under the sea, Dr. Frauke Bagusche is a marine biologist, who, with a colleague, founded TheBlueMind.org in 2018, Bagusche also works as a freelance lecturer and provides training on the subjects of plastic pollution in the oceans, the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, and the overfishing of the oceans, Drawing on scientific discoveries and her own research, she uses photographs and playful prose to reveal:

deep-sea reefs that glitter like glass

fish that converse with each other by singing––loudly

an octopus that imitates more than fifteen other animals

the secret behind why the sea glows at night

“weddings” that happen amongst the coral

underwater “drugstores”

it looks to be a fascinating read, from the blurb:

the seven chapters delve into plankton, coral reefs, the open ocean (the pelagic zone), the deep sea, and the intricacies and intimacies of reproduction, before inevitably bursting our ocean-loving buzz, as environmental books are wont to do, by addressing the myriad ways we’re messing with all of that wonderment. But, of course, that makes sense; we’re more inclined to protect what we love. In her introduction, Bagusche writes that she hopes the book will “awaken in you the love I have for the sea and, with that, the desire to protect this unique habitat.” And in case you are wondering have a look here to see if you are indeed a thalassophile.