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AN IMMENSE WORLD: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Author: Ed Yong
Publisher: Random House
Price: $30
Pages: 449
A dolphin that echolocates a human in water can perceive not only the human’s outer shape but also what’s inside, including the skeleton and lungs. Tree frog embryos — ensconced inside their unhatched eggs — can detect the vibrations of an attacking predator and release an enzyme from their faces that dissolves the casings that house them, allowing them to exit and escape.
That I found myself surprised at so many moments while reading An Immense World, Ed Yong’s new book about
