
Animal senses, with Ed Yong
Instant Genius
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Dog's Sensational World
i think understanding the sensory worlds of other animals makes them seem more magical. It reveals sides to their lives that we haven't contemplated. But i think there's also an immense world, about using animals to get a wider and richer understanding of the world around us. You know, just even even vision can be extraordinary. Like a duck sitting on a pond can see the entirety of the sky without having to turn its head something that obviously we cannot do. So things that seem familiar or boring take on completely new characters when you think about them through the senses of other animals.
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