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The Wild with Chris Morgan

Sniffs, scratches, sights and sounds: Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

Science, Nature

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Chris Morgan talks with Pulitzer Prize winning author Ed Yong about the astonishing ways animals sense the world around us: from birds that navigate the open ocean by smell, to penguins that sense vibrations underground.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Tonvin, host of Seattle Eats, a food podcast from the Seattle Times and K-O-W.

0:06.9

Seattle Fine Dining Spots are mixing their prefixed menus and going casual.

0:12.3

But change is a good thing for restaurants and customers.

0:16.5

On the latest episode, I'll tell you about the high-end menus that are worth hitting.

0:20.8

Listen to Seattle Eats on the K-end menus that are worth hitting. Listen to

0:21.2

Seattle Eat on the KOWW app or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, wild listeners, it's Chris.

0:31.6

That's probably obvious by now if you're familiar with my voice these days. Anyway, I'm coming

0:36.8

on here to tell you about something.

0:38.1

I'm pretty excited about our Patreon. We've been working hard to get you extra content like

0:42.8

extended interviews and the wild side chats and story time with me. There's a link to Patreon

0:49.0

in the show notes. Okay, onto the show. It's one of those viral TikTok animal moments.

0:57.4

There's a huge male Argus pheasant in a wildlife park, looks just like a peacock, displaying

1:03.0

his tall, colorful feathers.

1:05.2

He's cornered a female pheasant who looks completely disinterested.

1:10.9

He's trying really hard to dazzle her with his plumage because he wants to mate with her.

1:15.9

So he's pulling out all the stops, some incredibly flashy moves.

1:19.9

He's dipping his head down and spreading his huge four-foot-long feathers,

1:24.4

skipping on the spot and trying desperately to get her attention.

1:30.7

And the female's response? She's not even looking at him. She's just facing forward, while he puts

1:36.5

on his best show two inches to her side. Great comedy, a flashy male and a bored female.

1:46.0

But here's the twist. She is watching him, just not the way we expect.

1:50.0

Her eyes are on the sides of her head.

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