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Die erstaunlichen Sinne der Tiere: Erkundungen einer unermesslichen Welt by Ed Yong

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fkshg8465's review against another edition

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3.75

I fear birds and cats but find frogs and lizards cute (I know how weird that sounds) and whales wholly awesome. I enjoy nature from a distance, especially when it’s a photograph or on screen. I’m an urbanite through and through. And I contribute to what the author calls sensory pollution. So I was surprised that I even picked this book up. But I generally will give a test any book written by Asian people since I never had any when I was growing up.

While I still fear birds and cats, this book has given me a view of the world from their point of view, and that is highly valuable to me. I think it’s something important to do with anyone and anything (possibly the lay Buddhist in me). And I’m deeply impressed by the amount of studying, researching, and experimenting the author must’ve done (hopefully all humanely) to be able to speak and write this book with the authority and respect that was done. Bravo!
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4.0

This book was an incredibly interesting read, and even though I already knew some of the basic facts of animal sense, this book allowed a much richer kind of understanding that I wouldn't have otherwise. I largely decided to read this as research for a novel idea I have, but I will be recommending it to anyone that is even remotely curious about animals and how much of the world we miss due to it being outside our own perception. The main take away from this book seems to be one of conservation. When species go extinct, so does their way of perceiving the world since each animal has its own unique way of doing so. Thus, the message seems to be to act now to save all the endangered species while we still can. A message that I can wholeheartedly get behind. I particularly enjoyed the sections about the echolocation of bats, and the movement sensors in spiders' legs. Other section brought up some ethical questions that I wouldn't have even considered prior to reading this book.
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5.0

What a fantastic science book! A true triumph. This book has forever changed how I see the world. I had my mind blown in every chapter. Yong has a real gift for making biology accessible. He did a great job conveying concepts that are difficult for us to conceptualize. I have been recommending this book to everyone since I started it a few months ago. Read this book and discover the world as it has always existed around you but been hidden to your senses.

There were some parts that were pretty slow. Still, I think that's because some animals' stories will grab people more than others and Yong was trying to offer up a wide array of examples.

This is one of my favourite science books now, right up there with Braiding Sweetgrass. Like that book, An Immense World has opened my eyes - and all of my senses - to new ways of experiencing the world. And as a fun bonus, I'm going to incorporate things I learned from it into sci-fi and fantasy world building because WOW, there is so much untapped potential here! There is so much info in this book that it will definitely bear re-reading in the future.
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