# Umwelt and Light and Sound Pollution

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umwelt-and-light-and-sound-pollution/966110>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umwelt-and-light-and-sound-pollution/966110 "2022-06-13T15:28:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umwelt-and-light-and-sound-pollution/966110/1 "2022-06-13T15:28:18Z")

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An interesting article about how bats make themselves deaf to detect bugs within a millimetre and why much of humanity lives without night and with perpetual ambient sound. I learned lots of new things.

> **[How Animals Perceive the World](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/light-noise-pollution-animal-sensory-impact/638446/)**
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> Every creature lives within its own sensory bubble, but only humans have the capacity to appreciate the experiences of other species. What we’ve learned is astounding.

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umwelt-and-light-and-sound-pollution/966110/2 "2022-06-14T23:45:13Z")

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He brings up a good point. We need to quit lighting up the world around us at night so more species can survive and so we can appreciate the dark ourselves. When was the last time you spotted the Milky Way galaxy in the skies, instead of in a photo?