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Die erstaunlichen Sinne der Tiere: Erkundungen einer unermesslichen Welt by Ed Yong
14 reviews
riverofhorton's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Violence
laurareads87's review against another edition
5.0
Content warnings: animal cruelty (including animal experimentation), animal death
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
rmperezpadilla's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Descriptions throughout of testing done on animals — skip the chapter on pain to avoid the vast majority of descriptions of animal suffering, and perhaps the final chapter as well.tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty
kappafrog's review against another edition
4.75
The only reason it's not a full 5/5 is because there were some parts that were pretty slow. Still, I think that's because some animals' stories will grab people more than others and Yong was trying to offer up a wide array of examples.
This is one of my favourite science books now, right up there with Braiding Sweetgrass. Like that book, An Immense World has opened my eyes - and all of my senses - to new ways of experiencing the world. And as a fun bonus, I'm going to incorporate things I learned from it into sci-fi and fantasy world building because WOW, there is so much untapped potential here! There is so much info in this book that it will definitely bear re-reading in the future.
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Excrement, and Ableism
mscalls's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
alyxinthestars's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
aileron's review against another edition
3.0
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
sarahweyand's review against another edition
4.25
An Immense World is certainly not light reading. While Yong succeeds in breaking down complex topics and ideas into digestible chunks of information, this isn't exactly a beach read. At times I felt the pace was a little slow, and I occasionally felt like I was drowning in new concepts..
If you're willing to get down an dirty with a dense but beautiful text about some new and familiar animals, this is absolutely the book for you.
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
immovabletype's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death