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A cover image of book ‘An Immense World’ by Ed Yong
Happy New Year 2026 🥳 🎆 🎊
Thank you all for following along here, and may all of us stay curious about the world around us!
Starting off 2026 with @edyong209.bsky.social ‘s brilliant book, #animmenseworld, beautifully explaining the concept of #Umwelt 🇩🇪: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt
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Most insects, crustaceans and cephalopods can see polarization. This is most likely why they don’t sit in front of computers all day.
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Jellyfish have evolved eyes twice. Sorry Darwin. #animmenseworld
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Puff adders are so good at scent camouflage that dogs, mongooses and meerkats cannot smell them. Be careful out there
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Pandas sadly cannot taste umami.
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Catfish are coated with so many taste buds if you lick a catfish you’re technically French kissing
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Sense of smell is so varied that when the US Army tried to create a stink bomb they couldn’t find a smell universally bad enough to work as crowd control
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I'm admittedly not sure this is entirely what you're looking for, but argue that @edyong209.bsky.social is a marvel and English students should see more of his work. The intro to #AnImmenseWorld is a masterclass in exploring a difficult topic accessibly. insight.randomhouse.com/widget/v4/?i...
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Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of reality's fullness.
-Ed Yong, "An Immense World"
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