Animals! Super Animals!

Most people know Superman is not real, but what they don't know is that some animals have some super senses which we could only imagine in superheroes. There are more of these kind of animals, but lets make do with these.

1. Peregrine Falcons -Fastest creature on earth

Peregrine Falcon

According to the National Geography TV Program, the Peregrine Falcon's highest measured speed is 389 km/h. According to an online calculator; 389km is actually the distance between Akure and Uyo in Nigeria. Imagine a bird going that distance in 1hour when it would take a car 4hours 28mins to reach it.
 Peregrine Falcons are Raptors (Birds of Prey). They can actually spot their prey from a full mile and can kill it while in mid-air due to their amazing speed. There is no escaping from these birds.


2. Cheetahs -Supersight
 

Cheetah

Cheetahs have Super-sights. They can spot a prey from about 5km away. Their elongated eye gives them a wide range of vision, as they can scan their surroundings in a single view. The black tear marks on their face prevents the strong dazzling light from the sun from reaching their eyes thereby allowing them to see more clearly.
The Cheetah’s eyesight is three times better than the 20/20 vision (the normal range of sight for humans).
  

3. Platypus -Electroreception

Platypus

Electroreception is the ability to use electrical impulse (a brief current) to detect and locate objects at any point in water. And surprisingly, Platypuses are the only mammals with such abilities. They can detect a prey in the deepest and darkest part of their habitats just with the twitch of a muscle by the prey.


4. Elephant -Infrasonic Sounds

Elephant

Elephants can communicate ‘privately’ using Infrasonic Sounds (sounds that can’t be perceived by the human ear).
As a result, they can hear sounds hundreds of kilometers away from erupting volcanoes, thunderstorms, earthquakes and even meteorites. Just like the way Superman hears sounds from around the world.



5. Jumping Spider family -Detect Ultraviolet lights

Jumping spider

Humans can’t see the ultraviolet (UV for short) parts of light, but Jumping Spider can.
Researchers have proven that Jumping Spiders can actually see UV rays, with two of their eight eyes as it is essential in their mating activities. During an experiment, it was discovered that without UV light, they would lose interest in their male counterparts and ignore them. But in Ultraviolet light, the Spiders glow and start their courting behavior.
Quick fact: Reindeer are the only mammals with the ability to see ultraviolet light.


6. Bats -Echolocation

Bat

From sleeping upside down, to being the only mammal capable of flying, Bats have never seized to amaze. Even better, they have a sophisticated form of hearing in Echolocation.
They emit sound waves and then listen to the echoes that are being returned. From that process, a Bat’s brain can deduce, where an object is, how far away the object is, how large the object is and in what direction the object is moving.
Amazingly, the bat’s brain processes all these information at the same speed with which we see and hear. It’s more like a normal process.

Shark

7. Sharks -Great sense of smell

A shark’s sense of smell is so powerful and useful, that its nose is only used in smelling i.e. it doesn’t breathe with it. A shark can actually detect one drop of blood in a million drops of water. Facts show that 40% of a Shark’s brain is actually dedicated to the sense of smell; that is how important their sense of smell is to them.