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Into the Illusive World


Into the Illusive World

An Exploration of Animals' Perception

von: Paul A. Moore

42,79 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 12.07.2019
ISBN/EAN: 9783030202026
Sprache: englisch

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<p></p><p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p><br><p></p>
<p>Section I The Sensuous World</p>

<p>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is yours</p>

<p>1.1 The Sensuous World</p>

<p>1.2 The Mind’s Eye</p>

<p>1.3 The Illusive World</p>

<p>1.4 What Really is Reality?</p>

<p>Section II Vision</p>

<p>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eyes as windows to the soul</p>

<p>2.1 Double Vision</p>

<p>2.2 The Science of the Four-Eyed Fish</p>

<p>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Pollinator’s Garden</p>

<p>3.1 On the Hunt for Nectar</p>

<p>3.2 The Science of the Bee’s Flowery Vision</p>

<p>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Finding the Way Home</p>

<p>4.1 You Can Go Back Home Again</p>

<p>4.2 The Science of Seeing the Unseen</p>

<p>5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I Can See for Miles and Miles and Miles</p>

<p>5.1 I Spy with My Little Eye Something</p>

<p>5.2 The Science of Precision Talon Strikes</p>

<p>6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peering into the Darkness</p>

<p>6.1 Seeing in the Absence of Light</p>

<p>6.2 The Science of Nighttime Vision</p>

<p>7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Technicolor Dreamcoats</p>

<p>7.1 The Different Hues of Aggression</p>

<p>7.2 The Science of Multicolor Worlds</p>

<p>8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Eye as a Window to the World</p>

<p>Section III Audition</p>

<p>9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Music of Nature</p>

<p>10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All About the Bass</p>

<p>10.1 Hearing the Earth Move Under Your Feet</p>

<p>10.2 The Science of the Distance Rumble of Words</p>

<p>11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Sound of Fear</p>

<p>11.1 The Song of the Flying Tigers</p>

<p>10.2 The Science of Jamming and Diving</p>

<p>12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sound Beneath the Waves</p>

<p>12.1 The Keith Moon of the Deep</p>

<p>12.2 The Science of the Fishy Sound</p>

<p>13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Lover’s Voice</p>

<p>13.1 Kiss the Girl</p>

<p>10.2 The Science of Singing Silly Love Songs</p>

<p>14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Power of Sound</p>

<p>Section IV Olfaction</p>

<p>15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Smell of Warm Bread</p>

<p>15.1 Long Distance Relationship</p>

<p>15.2 The Science of Tracing the Call of Love</p>

<p>16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is Not My House</p>

<p>16.1 Following the Ribbon of Odor</p>

<p>16.2 The Science of Recognizing Home</p>

<p>17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Better Lies through Chemistry</p>

<p>17.1 When We First Practice to Deceive</p>

<p>17.2 The Science of Making Chemical Cocktails</p>

<p>18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can’t We All Just Get Along</p>

<p>18.1 The Secret Handshake</p>

<p>18.2 The Science of a Coat of Arms</p>

<p>19&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Social Resume</p>

<p>19.1 Fighting by Molecular Means</p>

<p>19.2 The Science of a Chemical History</p>

<p>20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Emotions of Chemicals</p>

<p>Section V Gustation</p>

<p>21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Putting Your Best Foot Forward</p>

<p>21.1 The Walk of Life</p>

<p>21.2 The Science of Tasting with Your Feet</p>

<p>22&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Sweet Taste of Life</p>

<p>22.1 Searching the Dark for Food</p>

<p>22.2 The Science of Tasting with Your Body</p>

<p>23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More than a Feeling</p>

<p>23.1 A Sucker for Good Food</p>

<p>23.2 The Science of Tasting with Tentacles</p>

<p>24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At Death’s Door</p>

<p>24.1 A Gut Feeling</p>

<p>24.2 The Science of Internal Taste</p>

<p>25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Different Chemical View</p>

<p>25.1 Smelling with a Fork</p>

<p>25.2 The Science of Tracking with Tongues</p>

<p>26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gustatory World</p>

<p>Section VI Tactile</p>

<p>27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Picking up Good Vibrations</p>

<p>27.1 There Came a Tapping</p>

<p>27.2 The Science of a Touching Reply</p>

<p>28&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Coordinating the Team</p>

<p>28.1 Someone Gently Rapping</p>

<p>28.2 The Science of the Excavating Call</p>

<p>29&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Rhythm of the Bass</p>

<p>29.1 Shaken, not Stirred</p>

<p>29.2 The Science of Hips Don’t Lie</p>

<p>30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Rhythm of the Dance</p>

<p>30.1 Shaken, not Stirred</p>

<p>30.2 The Science of Hips Don’t Lie</p>

<p>31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tapping into Love</p>

<p>31.1 Going Bananas</p>

<p>31.2 The Science of Vibrating Leaves</p>

<p>32&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Sensible Reverberations</p>

<p>Section VII Other Senses</p>

<p>33&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Diverse World</p>

<p>33.1 Magnetic Fields</p>

<p>33.2 Infrared Energy</p>

<p>33.3 Electrical Signals</p>

<p>33.4 A Rose by any Other Name</p>

<p>34&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Pull of Home</p>

<p>34.1 Guidance by an Invisible Hand</p>

<p>34.2 The Science of Animal Magnetism</p>

<p>35&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Warmth of the Season</p>

<p>35.1 In the Heat of the Night</p>

<p>35.2 The Science of Thermal Vision</p>

<p>36&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I go to Die, You to Live</p>

<p>36.1 Finding a Romantic Fire</p>

<p>36.2 The Science of Tracking the Heat</p>

<p>37&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Shocking Discovery</p>

<p>37.1 An Electric Soul</p>

<p>37.2 The Science of Sensing Electricity</p>

<p>38&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chasing Ghosts</p>

<p>38.1 Fleeting Curls of Water</p>

<p>38.2 The Science of Tracking the Heat</p>

<p>39&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Uncharted World</p>

<p>Section VIII The Illusive World</p>

<p>40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Illusive World</p>

<p>40.1 What is Reality?</p>

<p>40.2 Walk a Mile in Someone’s…Brain?</p>

<p>40.3 To Be or Not To Be</p>

<p>40.4 One Final Plea</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Further Readings</p>

<p>Index</p><br>
<p>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.</p>
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.<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>
<p>Explores the broad range of stimuli undetectable to humans</p><p>Wonderful and exciting stories of organisms using their senses to perform sophisticated tasks</p><p>A journey into the illusive world and see how different the world is when perceived through another animal’s senses</p>

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