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The frequency range of dog hearing is approximately 40 Hz to 60,000 Hz, which means that dogs can detect sounds far beyond the upper limit of the human auditory spectrum. [3] n/a may be up to 100 million times greater than a human. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Human: red~650 nm to violet ~400 nm (or) VIBGYOR: 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz (or) Audio: n/a n/a n/a n ...
Additionally, larger dogs have a better sense of smell than smaller dogs. [7] A dog's nose is significantly colder than their body temperature. This makes it more sensitive to thermal radiation. Dogs can thus detect even weak levels of warmth. [8] Dogs are able to smell from birth and develops during the first two weeks of their life.
[221] [222] Myrmecia ants have three photoreceptors that can see UV light, meaning they are capable of seeing colours that humans cannot. [223] Their vision is said to be better than some mammals, such as cats, dogs or wallabies. [224]
Dogs can smell explosives like landmines, and detect medical conditions including seizures, diabetes, and many forms of cancer -- with up to 98% accuracy. Inventor Andreas Mershin wants to ...
Charles Darwin wrote of the interaction between size and complexity of invertebrate brains: . It is certain that there may be extraordinary activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter; thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head.
Then, other ants follow suit, with more pheromones released, creating a more refined path. Which then attracts even more ants. Lather, rinse and repeat, and pretty soon an optimal path is forged ...
Scientists found that 10 or more fire ants can stick together to build a life-saving raft in floods.. Fewer than 10 ants can’t form a stable raft because the “Cheerios effect” of fluid ...
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified.