danamcfarland ,
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"If bees were scientists, they might marvel at the color we know as red, which they cannot see and which they might call 'ultrayellow.'"

is from An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

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everyday_human ,
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@danamcfarland @bookstodon Excellent book. Loved all the perspectives of how you can sense the world . :)🥰

qurlyjoe ,
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This is an excellent book, as are his others as well. He talks about some kind of shrimp that has the best vision of all creatures on the planet, but nobody knows why they have it.
This book gives about the best answer so far to the question, “What is it like to be a bat?”, asked by philosopher Thomas Nagel in 1974. At least in terms of all the senses we all use to live in the world.

FollicleMite ,
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@danamcfarland @bookstodon Interestingly, cats have poorer vision than humans, in the deep red lighting used in photographic darkrooms.

n69n ,
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I enjoyed this book!
I think about it every day!

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