Ila France Porcher

I am one of the authors working full time to establish the sentience of animals in the literature. As a published ethologist, I originally financed my studies by selling paintings and prints of the wildlife I knew. Sharks have been a focus, for as soon as I began watching them, I saw that they are unlike the animals we know best. So I studied their behaviour underwater for sixteen years, identifying each of many hundreds and recording their actions.  When they were finned for shark fin soup, I wrote down their story and have been writing instead of painting ever since. 

Now with the capability of making videos, I publish what I can capture of wild animal behaviour here. Thank you so much for your interest, for indeed, the world is full of mysteries, of which the most profound is consciousness. And each animal is a focus of that ethereal magic. 

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