Vonlite's concept was that each species umvalt is tailored to its own particular needs. It ran the contrary to one of the dominant modes of thinking, which put humans on this pedestal above all other creatures. We are human centric and are thinking things like bird's eye view,. Like a bird doesn't see like we do. And when you think about sight, then one of the stories that you tell was about ants and u v lightrun.
In the first episode of our new series Nature hits the books, science journalist Ed Yong joins us to talk about his new book An Immense World, which takes a journey through the weird and wonderful realm of animal senses.
In the show, we chat about how our human-centric view of the world has restricted researchers' understanding of animal senses, how to conceptualise what it might be like to be an electric-field sensitive fish, and what bees might make of us blushing...
An Immense World, Ed Yong, Random House (2022)
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