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Die erstaunlichen Sinne der Tiere: Erkundungen einer unermesslichen Welt by Ed Yong
14 reviews
laurareads87's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
I could not more enthusiastically give a book five stars. Ed Yong's An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us is meticulously well researched, well written, thoughtful, utterly fascinating, and includes both moments of humour - being punched by a mantis shrimp! - and, of course, tragedy. It is a text that is world-opening: while we cannot truly know what it is like to be any other species, Yong's exploration of how my other-than-human neighbours navigate, communicate, and express their curiosity has deepened and enriched my own experience of my surroundings. Even better? After concluding reading, I've begun thinking about how I can be a better neighbour by mitigating the light pollution emitted by my home. I am immensely grateful for this book and anticipate gifting it to others.
Content warnings: animal cruelty (including animal experimentation), animal death
Content warnings: animal cruelty (including animal experimentation), animal death
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
kappafrog's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
4.75
What a fantastic science book! A true triumph. This book has forever changed how I see the world. I had my mind blown in every chapter. Yong has a real gift for making biology accessible. He did a great job conveying concepts that are difficult for us to conceptualize. I have been recommending this book to everyone since I started it a few months ago. Read this book and discover the world as it has always existed around you but been hidden to your senses.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Excrement, and Ableism
mscalls's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
thomasdj's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death
atamano's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Violence
alyxinthestars's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
aileron's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
dexkit10's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death
leweylibrary's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
slow-paced
4.75
It was really long and absolutely PACKED with information, but it was rarely if ever boring! I felt like a kid again watching The Most Extreme On Animal Planet or watching Amazing Animals with Henry the lizard. ☺️ I'm going to be randomly spouting off animal facts for ages now lol
That being said, this book is not only fascinating but super important. I've often wondered if other people experience things like color the same way that I do, but I haven't wondered that kind of thing nearly as much about the experiences of animals. We're always so busy comparing what we think their experiences must be to ours that we lose a chance to see, really see, the full breadth of how animals sense the world, including in ways that we can't possibly fathom like echolocation and active elctrolocation. I appreciate that the book ended with how important it is that we attempt to appreciate other species' worlds and how they experience them and how detrimental things like light and noise pollution are to those experiences.
That being said, this book is not only fascinating but super important. I've often wondered if other people experience things like color the same way that I do, but I haven't wondered that kind of thing nearly as much about the experiences of animals. We're always so busy comparing what we think their experiences must be to ours that we lose a chance to see, really see, the full breadth of how animals sense the world, including in ways that we can't possibly fathom like echolocation and active elctrolocation. I appreciate that the book ended with how important it is that we attempt to appreciate other species' worlds and how they experience them and how detrimental things like light and noise pollution are to those experiences.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death
sarahweyand's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
I have told a lot of people that this book is like the Planet Earth TV series in literature form, and I really think that's the best way to describe it. I learned so much while reading, more than almost any nonfiction book I've read this year. Yong is a wonderful author and is so thorough, yet readable. It takes a great amount of work to convey the senses through text, and I think he did a fantastic job. I could easily see this book being turned into a miniseries.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty