Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses by Jackie Higgins

Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses

Jackie Higgins

320 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
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From the harlequin mantis shrimp with its ability to see a vast range of colors, to the bloodhound and its hundreds of millions of scent receptors; from the orb-weaving spider whose eyes recognize not only space but time, to the cheetah whose ears...

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