Science

Back when biologists were experimenting based off of vibes Jacob von Uexküll measured the perceptive worlds of animals 

He found snails perceive 4 moments/second & humans 18/second

I like to imagine that for snails we’re just teleporting around & to faster creatures we are the snails

+ I highly recommend reading his book that was published for scientists + the public: A foray into the worlds of animals and humans: with a theory of meaning

Back when biologists were experimenting based off of vibes Jacob von Uexküll measured the perceptive worlds of animals 

He found snails perceive 4 moments/second & humans 18/second

I like to imagine that for snails we’re just teleporting around & to faster creatures we are the snails

+ I highly recommend reading his book that was published for scientists + the public: A foray into the worlds of animals and humans: with a theory of meaning https://xenopraxis.net/readings/uexkull_foray.pdf

I got really into this recently too. Not the shrimp per se but how animals experience the world differently than us. It led me to Jakob Johann von Uexküll and his book A STROLL THROUGH THE WORLDS OF ANIMALS AND MEN 

He invented their concept of Umwelt: that all species have their own understanding of the world shaped by their sensory and perceptual capabilities. 

“Often translated as "self-centered world," the term highlights how organisms, despite sharing the same physical environment, can inhabit distinct perceptual realities” 

His book explains umwelt through showing you different animals’ umwelts: ticks, humans, fish, birds, insects, dogs… exploring different perception and sensory abilities along the way. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Johann_von_Uexk%C3%BCll

His ideas have gone on to have application in computing and cybernetics. What a great rabbit hole

I really liked this book. It’s on my mind during every walk I go on now. Umwelt 

I even went to lengths to get this shirt I found that shows the difference between bee and human vision 😂 because of it

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That’s so lovely. Also wait what is this shirt 🥲 lol need it

I really liked this book. It’s on my mind during every walk I go on now. Umwelt 

I even went to lengths to get this shirt I found that shows the difference between bee and human vision 😂 because of it 

https://warpcast.com/keccers.eth/0x54a00ca9