<p><b>'Spellbinding . . . More than any other book, [<i>Sentient</i>] has made me think differently about the world this year.' </b><b>– <i>Financial Times</i> Best Books of the Year</b><br><br>The peacock mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture aquarium walls.<br><br>The great grey owl can hear many decibels lower than the human ear.<br><br>The star-nosed mole’s miraculous nose allows it to catch worms in as little as 120 milliseconds.<br><br>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 ma
