Ed Yong
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
What if we could step outside our human sensory bubble and experience reality as other creatures do? Earth teems with electromagnetic waves, chemical trails, vibrations, and magnetic fields that remain completely invisible to humans.
This book will open your eyes quite literally to the unseen beauty of the world around you. Ed Yong’s writing transforms hard science into wonder, showing that reality is much richer than what our human senses reveal.
In this kitUP, you’ll learn:
- How each animal lives in its own unique sensory universe.
- Extraordinary senses beyond human limits: magnetic, electric, vibrational, infrared, and more.
- How animals “see” the world and
- Ways that light and noise pollution disrupt animal lives, and what we can do to protect their sensory worlds.
- A new way of thinking about nature with humility, empathy, and curiosity about other forms of perception.
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