05 Jan 2015, 4:32 am
naturalplastic wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
The_Walrus wrote:
I don't know about starlings specifically, but Ana is right. Many animals can sense electrical energy - this is called electroreception. Detection of Earth's magnetic field is also not uncommon.
Humans can't really do this though - obviously we sense electric shocks and static electricity.
In short, animals have evolved to sense energy because it tells them about the world. Not all animals can sense the same energy, and there's nothing particularly mysterious about it. I do find it fascinating trying to imagine having senses that I don't have, and the ability to see wavelengths of the EM spectrum outside of visible light.
Humans can't really do this though - obviously we sense electric shocks and static electricity.
In short, animals have evolved to sense energy because it tells them about the world. Not all animals can sense the same energy, and there's nothing particularly mysterious about it. I do find it fascinating trying to imagine having senses that I don't have, and the ability to see wavelengths of the EM spectrum outside of visible light.
My question to you is, how do you know humans cannot sense it, to some extent? We see humans living close to those high voltage lines so they must not perceive it to the point it would be impossible to live near them like birds and other animals seem to.
We know that we dont sense it because....we dont sense it!
Duhhhhh!
except if we don't know if we do or not.
i myself often feel the 'presence' of other creatures (human or not) even if i cannot see them, and haven't seen them enter the room.
also, i am aware of those high-voltage power lines, and i can know if a cordless phone is about to ring, due to a sudden surge of power towards the handset.
humans have many, many more senses then we think, but most of them are passive or nearly-rudimental, yet they are still there, and able to be tapped into, if only we try
05 Jan 2015, 8:32 am
