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Stimuli are kinds of physical energy .
But we need to study these physical sciences from an ecological point of view. We require an environmental optics, acoustics, mechanics, etc. Stimuli should be analyzed and quantified whenever possible as variables . But the units appropriate for analyzing physical energies are not necessarily the appropriate ones for analyzing stimulus energies. The physical environment of any animal provides an inexhaustible reservoir of potential stimuli.