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Web of Life

In this web of life, Argentinian-born, Berlin-based artist Tomás Saraceno suggests humans have a lot to learn from animal bioindicators: the notion that we might better understand climate through changes of behaviour in various species.

Ants, for example, make their way into our homes when the rain is heavy outside. Dogs are known to have acute hearing and smell beyond human range. Bees see the world partly through a combination of yellow and ultraviolet light known as ‘bee’s purple’, invisible to humans. Insects, arachnids and certain other animals share communal knowledge of survival,

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