Amazing Abilities

Published Wednesday, August 29, 2007 by motion11 | E-mail this post

Have you ever wondered about how some animals have special abilities that allow the to see in the dark, avoid obstacles even though they cannot see, sense their prey even if it is not close etc.

Well Here are some of the most interesting abilities I could find on the net . I tried to list them as top ten but just couldn't tell which one is more amazing. Did you know that Boas (up-left) have temperature-sensitive organs located between the eyes and nostrils that allow these snakes to sense the body heat of their prey.No? Didn't think so! Cats have a mirror-like membrane in the backs of their eyes that lets them hunt and move in almost complete darkness and the membrane reflects light after it has already traveled through the retina, giving the eyes another chance to nab the photons as they make their second trip..

Bats avoid obstacles and nab insects on the wing by emitting ultrasonic squeaks and interpreting the echo the sound waves make after bouncing off objects in the environment. Dolphins use similar waves to communicate with each other and move in murky water.

Some fish like this drum fish "hear" using their air bladders. The bladders detect sound vibrations and relay them to the inner ear that transmits them to the brain.

The eyes of insects and birds are attuned to wavelengths of light outside the visible range that humans see in. Birds that appear drab to us are often radiant in colors we don't even have names for. Weird, colors that we don't have names for we see yellow, but it's a totally differsent color!!

For moths, the term "love is in the air" is something to be taken literally. The furry insects can detect chemical love signals emitted by the opposite sex from up to seven-miles away. If we had that kind of sense we'd be horny 24-7-365!!

Rats don't see very well but they use their whiskers in the same way that blind people use canes.

Sharks have special cells in their brains that are sensitive to the electrical fields other creatures generate. Amazing!!

A snake sniffs its surroundings by flicking its forked tongue.

Migratory birds use Earths magnetic field to stay their course during long flights. Scientists still aren't sure how they do it, but some studies suggest that they "see" the planet's magnetic lines as patterns of color or light that is overlaid on their visual surroundings. Cool!!

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