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The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields.

But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.

Ed Yong's book welcomes us into previously unfathomable dimensions - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals.

The acclaimed science journalist coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of vibrations, and pulses of pressure that surround us. Because in order to understand our world we don't need to travel to other place, we need to see through other eyes.

He also examines the ‘unwanted sense’ of pain and how different animals experience harmful stimuli.

Throughout, he draws on new research and field experiments conducted by scientists across the globe.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Jill Waters.

Read by Daniel Weyman

Producer: Jill Waters

A Waters Company production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2022.

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