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bluepazookie's review against another edition
Too dense for right now - nice narrator/author though. Stuck around for the dog section on smell. 🐶
nebbit's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
quaintmetropolis's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Pure delight. I listened to this at just the right time after feeling burnt out after two very long fiction books. It was refreshing to return to my favorite genre to listen to: non-fiction nature writing.
I love great nature writing because it can remind me of how expansive the world is beyond our small realm. As the only animals that are able to have an idea of how other animals perceive the world, Yong urges us to go outside our own sensory bubble. He asks us to journey through the sensory worlds of dogs, mantis shrimp, birds, whales, and many others as we discover and question how predator, prey, and colony have evolved their senses to successfully and (sometimes unsuccessfully) adapt to the current world.
Yong’s narration and written voice team with curiosity, and enthusiasm. His writing is remarkably fresh and incredibly approachable, never too bogged down by dense, scientific terms. I also appreciated that Yong makes known that the information laid out is not merely trivial, but by using the well-loved example of animals, we can all exercise a lesson in empathy.
I’ve thought about this book many times since listening to it and I would recommend this to anyone that is remotely curious and/or love animals.
lingfish7's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
coralined's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
mckenzie_reads's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
This book certainly opened my eyes to the world of sense amongst the animal kingdom, but I found it to be far too long and dense to hold my attention. At some point it became a slog to finish. But l, I will look at the world around me through a new perspective.
millbot's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
Exhaustive research and reporting translated into extremely readable, engaging, and fascinating storytelling by always-excellent science writer Ed Yong. Have your mind (and your Umwelten) blown open over and over as you discover whole new worlds of perception and ability in the animal kingdom.