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Coming up on forum, elephants can smell danger, and a fly can taste an apple just by landing on it.

Bumblebees cannot see red, but they can detect the

ultraviolet hue at the center of a sunflower that's invisible to humans. Those are just some

of the extraordinary senses that science journalist Ed Yong celebrates in his new book, An Emense

World, about animals completely different interpretations of our planet happening alongside us all

the time.

We'll talk to Yong about what he learned from trying to view animals not through his eyes, but through theirs.

Join us.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. The ordinary dog is an extraordinary sensory being. Take its sense of smell, for instance. I learned from reading Ed Yong's new book that even when a dog is breathing out, it's still sucking air in, and that this exhaling while also sniffing creates, quote, rotating boardices that waft fresh odors into the nose.

This description from Yang gave me a much deeper understanding of what we mean when we say dogs' noses are sensitive to smell. And it's just one of the many ways that Yang, in his new book,

called An Immense World, helps us appreciate not just our fellow creatures, but also the planet

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