EclecticLip

This story, that Venus looks a lot more interesting in infrared and ultraviolet — both outside the human visible spectrum — reminded me of the futility of anthropocentrism.
After all, flowers such as this, look different under ultraviolet light (invisible to us, visible to insects).

As another example, elephants can hear frequencies far lower than we can hear — in fact, that’s how they communicate over long distances!  I suppose that also means they can hear the workings of our digestive system.  It’s probably fortunate for us that our internal workings only rarely come into our own audible range…