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  • Pistol Shrimp Can Generate Shockwaves on Random Crazy Ways Animals Have A Sixth Sense

    (#13) Pistol Shrimp Can Generate Shockwaves

    How can a type of shrimp that is only three to five centimeters in length be responsible for a large amount of noise in the entire ocean? It might seem hard to believe, but a single pistol shrimp can make more noise than a jet engine. The pistol shrimp uses its one oversized claw to kill its prey by using the claw’s pistol-like hammer to snap together, emitting an incredibly powerful wave of bubbles, which kills its prey of much-larger fish. The shockwave emitted from their claw can even break small glass jars.

    Though the sound of the clicks only last 1 millisecond, they compete with the much larger sperm and beluga whales for loudest animal in the known ocean. When these shrimp live together in colonies, the nose they make can interfere with sonar and underwater communication.

  • Spiders Can Measure Their Prey And Predators Just By Sensing Them on Random Crazy Ways Animals Have A Sixth Sense

    (#1) Spiders Can Measure Their Prey And Predators Just By Sensing Them

    Do these eight-legged critters possess all the powers of Spider-Man? No. But they do possess some truly incredible abilities that allow many to sit atop their food chain. All spiders contain a mechanoreceptor organ called slit sensilla, which allows them to sense the smallest physical deformations or strains on their exoskeleton. Spiders also use these organs to judge the size, weight, and perhaps even the kind of prey that gets caught in their web.

    Their slit sensilla can be so discerning that spiders can tell the difference between prey, a predator, or even a strong gust of wind.

  • Plain Pigeon on Random Crazy Ways Animals Have A Sixth Sense

    (#3) Plain Pigeon

    • Patagioenas inornata

    While these birds are most well-known for being a nuisance in cities nearly everywhere, one reason pigeons are found in so many parts of the world is because they have incredible migratory power. Thanks to a special sense called magnetoreception, which is a structure in their beaks that contains iron, pigeons can detect the Earth’s magnetic field, allowing them to pinpoint exactly where they are and whey they need to go.

    This incredible skill is one of the reasons why homing pigeons were the first form of airmail, which dates back to 3,000 years ago. One of the coolest instances of homing pigeons was being used to proclaim the champions of the Olympic games in Ancient Greece.

  • Weatherfish Got Their Name Because They Can Predict Weather on Random Crazy Ways Animals Have A Sixth Sense

    (#10) Weatherfish Got Their Name Because They Can Predict Weather

    These fish are so good at “predicting” the weather it’s in their name. Indigenous to Europe and Asia, this species has the incredible ability to detect changes in atmospheric pressure. The fish use this ability to monitor the buoyancy underwater - which changes slightly with high and low pressure systems - to compensate for the lack of a swim bladder, or organs that help control buoyancy in fish. When a big storm is coming, these fish become more active, signaling for fisherman to take cover. 

    The scientific name for the weatherfish, Misgurnus, comes from the words miseo (hate) and the Turkish word gür (thunder), a name that was given to the fish because they become noticeably more active during barometric pressure changes that take place just before thunderstorms.

  • Shark on Random Crazy Ways Animals Have A Sixth Sense

    (#6) Shark

    • Selachimorpha

    Sharks and rays have evolved to detect their various prey in the depths below. Electroreception is the ability these animals have to detect electrical fields in the surrounding area. Thanks to their salt-water habitat, which acts as a strong conductor of electricity, sharks can detect their prey through the tiny electrical charges that occur when a fish - or something bigger - contracts its muscles.

    The sense is so powerful that some sharks can pick up a charge equivalent to two AA batteries being connected 1,000 miles apart. The hammerhead shark’s famous cranial shape is actually specifically designed to enhance their electroreception ability.

  • Opossum on Random Crazy Ways Animals Have A Sixth Sense

    (#12) Opossum

    • Didelphimorphia

    The North American opossum’s most common defense mechanism is to simply fake its own death, causing predators to lose interest. But what most people don't know is that the opossum has a few tricks up its sleve: opossums have one more incredible ability that allows them to literally cheat death.

    The opossum is able to utilize a protein in their body called LTNF, making them immune to the venom of snakes, bees, and scorpions. Once venom is detected in the opossum’s body, the protein actively seeks it out and works to neutralize it. Incredibly, the LTNF protein does not serve as a defense against venomous predators indigenous to that area, it can defend against venom found all over the world.

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The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle believed that there are five kinds of human senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. However, many people believe that there is a sixth sense, especially in women. Does the sixth sense exist or not? So far, people have no definitive answer. However, some scientists have some new discoveries about the ways of animals' sixth sense through animal experiments.

The interesting thing is that there is a sixth sense in the animal kingdom, and this is not a superpower. With this random tool, you could know how these 13 animals have a sixth sense, they have crazy skills to survive. 

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