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Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree? Or what a cat is watching as it stares intensely off into space? What about animals in the wild? What do they see, hear, smell, and feel? How do they perceive their surroundings? This is the illusive world. A world filled with fascinating stimuli that we are not equipped to detect. This is particularly true because we tend to rely so heavily on our eyes or ears. We are figuratively, and literally, blind to this part of the natural world. This part, which is full of stimuli we cannot perceive, encompasses the daily lives of so many animals. Beneath our feet are ants, moles, and spiders using vibrations to coordinate colonies and communicate danger. In the oceans, turtles, fish, and octopi are sensitive to magnetic and electric fields, as well as tasty morsels at the tips of their tentacles. In the skies, owls and raptors can see deep into a lake or pierce the night with highly sensitive eyes.This book brings together all these animals and their amazing sensory abilities in an exploration of how animals perceive their world. Within these pages are wonderful and exciting stories of organisms using their senses to perform sophisticated communication with nestmates, find hidden prey in the dark of night or murky of depths, and call to lovers both near and far. This book will open the door to this illusive world and will take you on a journey into the illusive world and see how different the world is when perceived through another animal’s senses.

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Author:   Paul A. Moore
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.752kg
ISBN:  

9783030202019

ISBN 10:   3030202011
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   24 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Section I The Sensuous World 1        What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is yours 1.1 The Sensuous World 1.2 The Mind’s Eye 1.3 The Illusive World 1.4 What Really is Reality? Section II Vision 2        Eyes as windows to the soul 2.1 Double Vision 2.2 The Science of the Four-Eyed Fish 3        The Pollinator’s Garden 3.1 On the Hunt for Nectar 3.2 The Science of the Bee’s Flowery Vision 4        Finding the Way Home 4.1 You Can Go Back Home Again 4.2 The Science of Seeing the Unseen 5        I Can See for Miles and Miles and Miles 5.1 I Spy with My Little Eye Something 5.2 The Science of Precision Talon Strikes 6        Peering into the Darkness 6.1 Seeing in the Absence of Light 6.2 The Science of Nighttime Vision 7        Technicolor Dreamcoats 7.1 The Different Hues of Aggression 7.2 The Science of Multicolor Worlds 8        The Eye as a Window to the World Section III Audition 9        The Music of Nature 10    All About the Bass 10.1 Hearing the Earth Move Under Your Feet 10.2 The Science of the Distance Rumble of Words 11    The Sound of Fear 11.1 The Song of the Flying Tigers 10.2 The Science of Jamming and Diving 12    Sound Beneath the Waves 12.1 The Keith Moon of the Deep 12.2 The Science of the Fishy Sound 13    The Lover’s Voice 13.1 Kiss the Girl 10.2 The Science of Singing Silly Love Songs 14    The Power of Sound Section IV Olfaction 15    The Smell of Warm Bread 15.1 Long Distance Relationship 15.2 The Science of Tracing the Call of Love 16    This is Not My House 16.1 Following the Ribbon of Odor 16.2 The Science of Recognizing Home 17    Better Lies through Chemistry 17.1 When We First Practice to Deceive 17.2 The Science of Making Chemical Cocktails 18    Can’t We All Just Get Along 18.1 The Secret Handshake 18.2 The Science of a Coat of Arms 19    Social Resume 19.1 Fighting by Molecular Means 19.2 The Science of a Chemical History 20    The Emotions of Chemicals Section V Gustation 21    Putting Your Best Foot Forward 21.1 The Walk of Life 21.2 The Science of Tasting with Your Feet 22    The Sweet Taste of Life 22.1 Searching the Dark for Food 22.2 The Science of Tasting with Your Body 23    More than a Feeling 23.1 A Sucker for Good Food 23.2 The Science of Tasting with Tentacles 24    At Death’s Door 24.1 A Gut Feeling 24.2 The Science of Internal Taste 25    A Different Chemical View 25.1 Smelling with a Fork 25.2 The Science of Tracking with Tongues 26    The Gustatory World Section VI Tactile 27    Picking up Good Vibrations 27.1 There Came a Tapping 27.2 The Science of a Touching Reply 28    Coordinating the Team 28.1 Someone Gently Rapping 28.2 The Science of the Excavating Call 29    The Rhythm of the Bass 29.1 Shaken, not Stirred 29.2 The Science of Hips Don’t Lie 30    The Rhythm of the Dance 30.1 Shaken, not Stirred 30.2 The Science of Hips Don’t Lie 31    Tapping into Love 31.1 Going Bananas 31.2 The Science of Vibrating Leaves 32    The Sensible Reverberations Section VII Other Senses 33    The Diverse World 33.1 Magnetic Fields 33.2 Infrared Energy 33.3 Electrical Signals 33.4 A Rose by any Other Name 34    The Pull of Home 34.1 Guidance by an Invisible Hand 34.2 The Science of Animal Magnetism 35    Warmth of the Season 35.1 In the Heat of the Night 35.2 The Science of Thermal Vision 36    I go to Die, You to Live 36.1 Finding a Romantic Fire 36.2 The Science of Tracking the Heat 37    A Shocking Discovery 37.1 An Electric Soul 37.2 The Science of Sensing Electricity 38    Chasing Ghosts 38.1 Fleeting Curls of Water 38.2 The Science of Tracking the Heat 39    The Uncharted World Section VIII The Illusive World 40    The Illusive World 40.1 What is Reality? 40.2 Walk a Mile in Someone’s…Brain? 40.3 To Be or Not To Be 40.4 One Final Plea   Further Readings Index

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Dr. Paul A. Moore (Ph.D. Boston University) has spent almost thirty years researching the sensory abilities of different animals as the founder of the Laboratory for Sensory Ecology at Bowling Green State University. Working with terrestrial, aquatic, and marine animals, Dr. Moore’s research has appeared in over 100 peer-reviewed articles, on Australian TV, radio, and in his first book “The Hidden Power of Smell”. He spends most of his summers in the field working on the organisms that live in the lakes, rivers, and streams of Northern Michigan.

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