{"product_id":"9780198813675-secret-worlds-the-extraordinary-senses-of-animals","title":"Stevens Martin (University Of Exeter University Of Exeter Professor Of Sensory And Evolutionary Ecology University Of Exeter) - Secret Worlds The Extraordinary Senses Of Animals - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Martin Stevens explores the extraordinary variety of senses in the animal kingdom and discusses the cutting - edge science that is shedding light on these secret worlds. Our senses of vision smell taste hearing and touch are essential for us to respond to threats communicate and interact with the world around us. This is true for all animals - their sensory systems are key to survival and without them animals would be completely helpless. However the sensory systems of other animals work very differently from ours. For example many animals from spiders to birds can detect and respond to ultraviolet light to which we are blind. Other animals including many insects rodents and bats can hear high - frequency ultrasonic sounds well beyond our own hearing range. Many other species have sensory systems that we lack completely such as the magnetic sense of birds turtles and other animals or the electric sense of many fish. These differences in sensory ability have a major bearing on the ways that animals behave and live in different environments and also affect their evolution and ecology. In this book Martin Stevens explores the remarkable sensory systems that exist in nature and what they are used for. Discussing how different animal senses work he also considers how they evolve how they are shaped by the environment in which an animal lives and the pioneering science that has uncovered how animals use their senses. Throughout he celebrates the remarkable diversity of life and shows how the study of sensory systems has shed light on some of the most important issues in animal behaviour physiology and evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Secret Worlds The Extraordinary Senses Of Animals\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Stevens Martin (University Of Exeter University Of Exeter Professor Of Sensory And Evolutionary Ecology University Of Exeter)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780198813675\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 272 Pages, 46 Black And White Images\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 8\/3\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Wildlife: General Interest","brand":"Stevens Martin (University Of Exeter University Of Exeter Professor Of Sensory And Evolutionary Ecology University Of Exeter)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49592333467953,"sku":"IN-G-9780198813675","price":26.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780198813675.jpg?v=1753222751","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780198813675-secret-worlds-the-extraordinary-senses-of-animals","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}