Home / English Books Product Description Audiobook duration: 14 hours and 17 minutesHumans have three or four colour-detecting cones in their retinas. Mantis shrimp have 16. In fact, their eyes seem to have more in common with satellite technology than with biological vision as we currently understand it. They have evolved to track movement with an acuity no other species can match by processing raw information; they may not see, in the human sense, at all.Marine molluscs called chitons have eyes that are made of stone. Scorpions appear to see with their entire bodies. It isnt only vision that differs from species to speciessome animals also have senses we lack entirely. Knifefish navigate by electrical charge.An Immense World will take us on an insiders tour of the natural world by describing the biology, physics and chemistry animals use to perceive it. We may lack some of their senses, but our own super-sense lies in our ability to understand theirs. And in the face of the largest extinction event since the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, our only hope of saving other species is bound up with our ability to see what they see, and feel what they feel. Read More Specifications Language English Author Ed Yong Format Paperback / softback ISBN 9781529112115 Published 29/06/2023 Length 464 Pages Publisher Vintage Publishing Condition New Customer reviews No reviews left yet Write A Review Sort byMost RecentTop Rated Description Audiobook duration: 14 hours and 17 minutesHumans have three or four colour-detecting cones in their retinas. Mantis shrimp have 16. In fact, their eyes seem to have more in common with satellite technology than with biological vision as we currently understand it. They have evolved to track movement with an acuity no other species can match by processing raw information; they may not see, in the human sense, at all.Marine molluscs called chitons have eyes that are made of stone. Scorpions appear to see with their entire bodies. It isnt only vision that differs from species to speciessome animals also have senses we lack entirely. Knifefish navigate by electrical charge.An Immense World will take us on an insiders tour of the natural world by describing the biology, physics and chemistry animals use to perceive it. We may lack some of their senses, but our own super-sense lies in our ability to understand theirs. And in the face of the largest extinction event since the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, our only hope of saving other species is bound up with our ability to see what they see, and feel what they feel. Attributes Language English Author Ed Yong Format Paperback / softback ISBN 9781529112115 Published 29/06/2023 Length 464 Pages Publisher Vintage Publishing Condition New Reviews No reviews left yet Write A Review Sort byMost RecentTop Rated Delivery & Returns Customer Reviews An Immense World : How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Item in Stock by Ed Yong (Author) | Paperback / softback DH180.00 Login to add this product to your wishlist. You Will Earn 180 points which is the equivalent of DH9.00
