SING LIKE FISH How Sound Rules Life Under Water

Angelina Rocca's gentle narration is a welcoming invitation to the complexities of underwater soundscapes and what sound means for species who call the earth's oceans home. Humans have only recently begun to understand our outsized impact on the lives and food webs of fish, aquatic mammals, and other organisms. Rocca's relaxed yet earnest performance immerses listeners in fascinating explorations of beluga whales' echolocation, dolphins' communication styles, sound- dampening kelp forests, fish travel patterns, and more. This well-researched production combines military, commercial, and academic research, along with conversations in the field, to piece together the myriad ways that sound is experienced in bodies of water and how human noise in the form of shipping vessels, drilling, and sonar disrupt this habitat. J.R.T. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2024]