On this episode of Animal Super Senses, we get in touch with the feelings of wild animals. Really in touch. Because animals, just like humans, rely heavily on their sense of touch, every day in every way. There may be a fine line between pleasure and pain, but not knowing the difference between the two can be absolutely fatal. Species: Elephant, Trapdoor Spider, Leopard, Octopus.
On this episode of Animal Super Senses, we examine how things taste, and how vital scent is from the animal perspective. But their sense of smell will also detect the scent of odorants carried through the air. In mammals, taste receptor cells are scattered over the tongue. Species: Rattle Snake, Tapir, Salmon, Bolas Spider.
In this episode, we examine how every animal has what could be called a sense of rhythm - the human animal included. To give an obvious example, there's our internal body clock which responds to the so-called Circadian rhythm. That's the 24 hour night and day cycle. Species: Lizards, Cricada, Bears, Arctic Ground Squirrel
While all life began in the oceans, human beings now rely on technology to navigate the seven seas - left to our own devices; we're like the proverbial fish out of water. Only the other way around. Once underwater our vision becomes blurred, with light diminished, our hearing becomes muffled and distorted, and our sense of smell is rendered useless. Species: Whale, Black Tip Shark, Coral.
In this episode of Animal Super Senses, we find out more about the animals that live in the shadows and the adaptations they need to survive...Nocturnal animals have taken to this dark world for good reason: they escape predators, avoid the heat of the day, and take their turn sharing food and resources in their 'niche'. Species: Ring-tailed possum, Kangaroo Rat, Quoll, Tasmanian Devil.