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Sniffs, scratches, sights and sounds: Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

The Wild with Chris Morgan by The Wild with Chris Morgan

Nov 11, 202527:40Science & Medicine

Have you ever wondered why your dog takes such a long time to sniff a patch of grass? Or why flies buzz around so sporadically? It's because most of what a creature actually senses is invisible to us. They perceive their...

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Sniffs, scratches, sights and sounds: Ed Yong on how animals sense the world is an episode from The Wild with Chris Morgan by The Wild with Chris Morgan. Have you ever wondered why your dog takes such a long time to sniff a patch of grass?...

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Published Nov 11, 2025, 27:40 long, audio available.