Super Senses

In this episode, we travel from the desert to the forest, Australia to Borneo, and back to learn how species as diverse as Bat-eared Foxes, the Bilby, Deer, Kangaroo Rats, cicadas, Proboscis Monkeys, and other creatures never miss an auditory trick.

In this episode, we'll explore the animal sense of sight, and you’ll see there’s a lot more to this than meets the naked eye. The human imagination is limited when it comes to animal senses. People with good vision are sometimes called "eagle-eyed", but eagles can see a fish from far away.

Animals, like humans, depend on their sense of touch in various situations, like bears in Alaska tracking down salmon and crocodiles knowing when their prey is approaching.

Examining how things taste, and how vital scent is from the animal perspective; an animal's sense of smell will also detect the scent of odorants carried through the air.

Certain animals have some crazy looking sense organs; every feature has a special purpose that has evolved to ensure the survival of the animal.

There's a whole world, and more than one spectrum of sensations that animals are aware of, which surpass humans. There's a kind of "sixth sense" that some animals have, which still defies explanation. Call it extra-sensory perception animal abilities we can't entirely explain.