It then excretes into the mind of its carrier a telepathic matrix formed by combining the conscious thought frequencies with nerve signals picked up from the speech centres of the brain which has supplied them. It absorbs all unconscious mental frequencies from this brainwave energy to nourish itself with. It feeds on brainwave energy received not from its own carrier but from those around it. The Babel fish is small, yellow and leechlike, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe. It then excretes enegry in the form of exactly the correct brainwaves needed by its host to understand what was just said. The Babel Fish lives on brainwave radiation from every source but its host. Once he had the Babel Fish in his ear, Arthur understood perfectly. "You'll need to have this fish in your ear."įord was holding up a small glass jar which quite clearly had a small yellow fish wriggling around in it…He gasped in terror at what sounded like a man trying to gargle while fighting off a pack of wolves.įrom The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Their voices are not exactly music to the human ear. Yes, this part of the book was the inspiration for naming the AltaVista website translation feature.Īt this point in the novel, Arthur Dent finds himself in a Vogon spacecraft.
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