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Although us humans have a pretty rounded collection of senses, they are by no means the best out there - these animals have mastered their abilities well beyond what we could ever imagine.
Humans have been using animals’ senses for thousands of years. Dogs are a great example: we’ve used their sharp sense of smell to help us hunt and, more recently, to help police locate drugs or explosives, and even to detect the presence of certain illnesses, like tuberculosis or cancer.
15 Νοε 2023 · The senses help animals interpret their world. Some animals rely on unique senses. For example, bats and whales use echolocation (Ek-oh-loh-KAY-shun) — a sort of sonar system — to improve their understanding of the placement of things in their environment.
Which of our senses evolved first? We have lots of different senses, including a sense of balance, heat, pain, and the ability to sense the position of our limbs (called ‘proprioception’). But if we consider the five classic senses, then taste is the oldest by a wide margin.
1 Οκτ 2019 · In Louis-Léopold Boilly's illustration of the five senses (c. 1823), animal behaviours are used to illustrate human features and faults. The senses are often associated with morality, a combination used to encourage people to overcome animal desires.
1 Ιουλ 2022 · In the show, we chat about how our human-centric view of the world has restricted researchers' understanding of animal senses, how to conceptualise what it might be like to be an...
1 Απρ 2023 · “Our hips are so narrow that human babies must be born before their brains are fully developed,” Giske says. The brains of baby animals, on the other hand, are almost completely developed. They can walk, see, hear, and concentrate on learning what the adults can do.
