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Secret worlds : the extraordinary senses of animals / Martin Stevens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevens, Martin, 1982- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Senses and sensation.
- Animal behavior.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Our senses are very limited compared to those of other species; some animals see ultraviolet light, communicate using electricity, or navigate long distances with magnetic information. Martin Stevens discusses the remarkable senses in nature and what they are used for, uncovering how they work and how they are shaped by ecology and the environment.
- Contents:
- A plethora of senses
- Singing rats and sonar bats
- For my eyes only
- Electric attraction
- Stars of the tactile world
- Smelling in stereo
- Homing turtles and animal magnetism
- Sensing in the anthropocene.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-254313-X
- 0-19-192588-8
- 0-19-254312-1
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