Amazing animals

Some of the things we have are based on animal senses.  For example submarines and sonar are based on the echolocation that dolphins use. 

Sometimes animals have better senses or abilities than we do.  For example sharks have receptors in their snout for detecting prey. 

Sometimes we can use animals for certain things.  For example, humans (primates) are the only animals that mammals that get affected by funnel web spider venom.  That means other mammals can be used to help make anti-venom.  Some people even use snake venom in medicines for strokes and heart attacks. 

Unlike us some animals never stop growing even when they reach adulthood – crocodiles don’t nor do snakes. 

Animals can have better basic senses than us.  Dogs can hear silent whistles that we can’t.  They also have a better sense of smell.  When we smell cakes, we smell a cake.  When dogs smell a cake, they can smell its ingredients like eggs and flour.

Animals don’t think like humans, but in many ways animals are more amazing than humans.  

Michael