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• Engaging the Senses - Summer Adventure 2024

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  Alameda County Library invites people of all ages and abilities to come along for our 2024 Summer Adventure: Engaging the Senses! Complete activities, reading, and more to receive a book gift and prize drawing entries. Pick up an Adventure…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sentient

  How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses

  Higgins, Jackie,

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  "In a series of essays, each focusing on an extraordinary sense of a specific animal, the author invites us to open up "to the everyday miracle of being sentient." While we are taught that humans only have five senses, Higgins argues that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Immense World

  How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

  Yong, Ed,

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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. This…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Great Adaptations

  Star-nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution's Mysteries Solved

  Catania, Kenneth, 1965-

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  "From star-nosed moles that have super-sensing snouts to electric eels that paralyze their prey, animals possess unique and extraordinary abilities."

• Bird Sense

  What It's Like to Be a Bird

  Birkhead, Tim

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  How does what a bird sees and hears differ from what we see and hear, and how does it influence their behavior? "Tracing the history of how our knowledge about birds has grown, particularly through advances in technology over the past…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What An Owl Knows

  the New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

  Ackerman, Jennifer, 1959-

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  "What an Owl Knows is an awe-inspiring and spellbinding journey across the globe and through human history, and a dazzling account of the astonishing health, hunting skills, communication, and sensory prowess that distinguishes the owl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Being a Dog

  Following the Dog Into a World of Smell

  Horowitz, Alexandra,

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  "To a dog, there is no such thing as "fresh air." Every breath of air is loaded with information. In fact - what every dog knows about the world comes mostly through his nose. Horowitz sets off on a quest to make sense of scents, combining…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What a Plant Knows

  a Field Guide to the Senses

  Chamovitz, Daniel, 1963-

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  "An intriguing and scrupulous look at how plants themselves experience the world―from the colors they see to the schedules they keep. "

• Planta Sapiens

  the New Science of Plant Intelligence

  Calvo, Paco,

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  Plants have some impressive abilities! Did you know, they can communicate with one another, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. An interesting and intriguing look into the inner world of plants.

• Wildlife Anatomy

  the Curious Lives & Features of Wild Animals Around the World

  Rothman, Julia,

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  This book is packed with hundreds of charming, original illustrations, detailing the unique features of animals of the rainforest, desert, grasslands, oceans, and much more. Although focused on anatomy, this book belongs is a list…Read moreRead more of this annotation