Author Ed Yong explores how animals perceive the world in his book 'An Immense World'. He discusses exotic animal senses, bird vision, bird auditory abilities, and the harmful effects of human activities on animals' sensory worlds.
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Beyond the Five Senses
Animals possess more than the traditional five senses.
These include internal senses and exotic senses like magnetic field detection.
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The Umwelt Concept
Yong's book focuses on the animal's sensory world (umwelt).
This is a deeper approach than simply comparing animal senses to human abilities.
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Vulture Vision: Trade-offs
Vultures have incredible downward vision while flying.
They have a blind spot in front, causing collisions with wind turbines.
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Whether it’s the hidden colours of ultraviolet that bees can see, the complex rhythms and tones of birdsong that we’re unable to hear, or the way a dog can smell the past in incredible detail, the way humans experience the world is not the only way.
Every animal has its own ‘umwelt’ – a unique sensory experience that allows it to perceive the world differently. As humans we can barely begin to understand what the world looks like to many of the other creatures that inhabit the Earth. But author Ed Yong is helping to paint a picture…
In this episode of CultureLab, Christie Taylor speaks to Ed about the paperback release of his book An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, which looks at more than 100 different species and explores the amazing ways their sensory worlds are shaped by light, sound, vibrations, heat and even electrical charge.
To read about subjects like this and much more, visit newscientist.com.
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