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[Rhea Thomas]

Moths: Love bugs



If you could be any insect, why not become a moth? Moths are literally love bugs. Remind yourself that love is literally in the air the next time you see a moth fluttering about the corners of the room or along the window sill.
Moths have the amazing ability to detect love signals, called pheromones, in the air. These signals are emitted by the opposite sex from up to seven miles away. That’s a lot of distance. According to new studies, human can detect pheromones too, but only during close encounters.

[Rhea Thomas]

Rats: Mischievous feelers



Rats don’t have very good eyesight, but the common misconception is that rats have eyes as good as the type people are born with, sometimes even better—and nothing could be further from the truth.
Most species of rats, or most rats in general, have poor eyesight. The truth is they probably can’t see all that well during the day, let alone at night (when rats are known to scurry out of their hiding places in search of food). What rats lack in vision they more than make up for with touch sensitivity. The whiskers on their snouts are so sensitive that rats are capable of determining the size of objects and feeling their way into their surroundings just be touching them with their whiskers.

[Rhea Thomas]

Drum Fish: No ear, all hear



Most fish they have ears they use to absorb soundwaves in the water. In short, fish use their ears for hearing, but the drum fish works it magic a little differently.
Drum fishes use their air bladders for hearing instead of their regular ears. Also used to absorb oxygen content present in the water, the air bladder detects soundwaves which it then passes into the inner ear to be converted into electrical signals or pulses. The signals are then sent to the fish’s brain for interpretation.

[Rhea Thomas]

Migratory Birds: Aviator navigator



When you go to the library or the shopping center, you rely on landmarks—shops, street names, etc—to tell you which way to go. Some people’s sense of direction (or lack of it), still allows them to miss a turn or end up passing their destination.
That’s exactly why migratory birds gets the honor of being the animal with the most amazing ability in the world: the ability to fly great distances and not get lost. Researchers believe these birds are born with a form of synesthesia that allows them to see the Earth’s magnetic lines that normal people can’t. It may sound a little far-fetched, but a theory is better than no theory at all.