'Jackie Higgins's lyrical, literate style will charm you while her
book stuns your imagination with strange, other-worldly truths'
Richard Dawkins Sentient assembles a menagerie of zoological
creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe -
to understand what it means to be human. Through their eyes, ears,
skins, tongues and noses, the furred, finned and feathered reveal
how we sense and make sense of the world, as well as the untold
scientific revolution stirring in the field of human perception.
The harlequin mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture
aquarium walls but, more importantly, it has the ability to see a
vast range of colours. The ears of the great grey owl have such
unparalleled range and sensitivity that they can hear twenty
decibels lower than the human ear. The star-nosed mole barely fills
a human hand, seldom ventures above ground and poses little threat
unless you are an earthworm, but its miraculous nose allows it to
catch those worms at astonishing speed - as little as one hundred
and twenty milliseconds. Here, too, we meet the four-eyed spookfish
and its dark vision; the vampire bat and its remarkable powers of
touch; the bloodhound and its hundreds of millions of scent
receptors, as well as the bar-tailed godwit, the common octopus,
giant peacocks, cheetahs and golden orb-weaving spiders. Each of
these extraordinary creatures illustrates the sensory powers that
lie dormant within us. In this captivating book, Jackie Higgins
explores this evolutionary heritage and, in doing so, enables us to
subconsciously engage with the world in ways we never knew
possible.
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