The Secret Lives of Animal Senses
Written by Amy Coburn
Every animal has important senses within its body which are essential for survival in the wild. In the animal kingdom many species have a diverse range of senses, from five to even nine. Some animals can sense electric magnetic fields, infrared rays and ultraviolet rays such as fish and aquatic animals. Bats and dolphins are also very well known to having a unique ability to locate prey or other species, this is called echolocation.
Below are some examples of intriguing animal senses:
Chicken
The chicken has incredible sight for spotting lots of little bugs important for their diet.
Star-nosed Mole
This very peculiar species of mole has around 100,000 nerve fibres in its star shaped nose.
Royal Python
Snakes like the Royal Python use their forked tongue to smell the air for their prey, like mice.
Predator and Prey Species
Predators are made and have evolved far differently as to prey species, they have evolved to hunt certain animals and the way they hunt has been adapted to survive. The prey species have also evolved like this but instead they have adapted to decrease the chances of being killed by a predator.
The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.
— Henry Beston (The Outermost House)
About Me
Currently studying an Animal Management Diploma at college, which helps me to gain a great understanding into the lives of creatures great and small.
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