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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
21 reviews
readandfindout's review
informative
medium-paced
4.25
Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Animal death
abbie_eibba's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
himpersonal's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
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!
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!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
malonesilence's review against another edition
J'ai adoré parce que l'auteur est passionné entouré de passionnæs par le monde animal et ça fait grave du bien. Et en même temps, toujours ce malaise quand on parle d'expériences sur les animaux en en présentant certes certaines comme cruelles... et d'autres, normales voire nécessaires. J'ai été émerveillé et très en colère en même temps, c'est à la fois merveilleux et atroce, c'est... je sais pas.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
luv2readlots's review
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
I really loved this book! The emphasis on describing how animals' senses differ from our own was fascinating. Yong has a great mixture of straight facts about animal sensation, discussion of how research into animal senses is conducted, and exploration about how it may feel to have the senses of other animals.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
betag1013's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Pandemic/Epidemic
riverofhorton's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
laurareads87's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
I could not more enthusiastically give a book five stars. Ed Yong's An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us is meticulously well researched, well written, thoughtful, utterly fascinating, and includes both moments of humour - being punched by a mantis shrimp! - and, of course, tragedy. It is a text that is world-opening: while we cannot truly know what it is like to be any other species, Yong's exploration of how my other-than-human neighbours navigate, communicate, and express their curiosity has deepened and enriched my own experience of my surroundings. Even better? After concluding reading, I've begun thinking about how I can be a better neighbour by mitigating the light pollution emitted by my home. I am immensely grateful for this book and anticipate gifting it to others.
Content warnings: animal cruelty (including animal experimentation), animal death
Content warnings: animal cruelty (including animal experimentation), animal death
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
kappafrog's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Ableism, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail
mscalls's review
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death