Forum From the Archives: Ed Yong Explores the Wonders of Animal Senses in ‘An Immense World’

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🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Bumblebees can’t see red, but they can detect the ultraviolet hue, invisible to humans, at the center of a sunflower. A fly can taste an apple just by landing on it, and a rattlesnake can perceive the infrared radiation emanating from warm-blooded prey. Those are just some of the extraordinary animal senses that science journalist Ed Yong celebrates in his new book “An Immense World.” We’ll talk to Yong about what he learned and hear how humans can limit behaviors that endanger the sensory environments of other species. This segment originally aired Jun. 22 Guests: Ed Yong, science writer, The Atlantic; author, "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.0	Coming up on forum, elephants can smell danger, and a fly can taste an apple just by landing on it.
1:10.0	Mumblebees can't see red, but they can detect the ultraviolet hue at the center of a sunflower that's invisible to humans.
1:16.6	These are just some of the extraordinary senses that science journalist Ed Yong celebrates in his book, An Emense World,
1:23.6	all about animals completely different interpretations of our planet that are happening alongside us all the time.
1:29.3	We listen back to my June conversation with Yang about what he learned from trying to view animals,
1:34.0	not through his eyes, but through theirs. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
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