Comments on: Seals do it with whiskers, sharks do it with noses – tracking fish with supersenses http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/10/seals-do-it-with-whiskers-sharks-do-it-with-noses-tracking-fish-with-supersenses/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: marktime http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/10/seals-do-it-with-whiskers-sharks-do-it-with-noses-tracking-fish-with-supersenses/#comment-7845 marktime Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:16:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=1838#comment-7845 Warning: anecdote coming! We have two alley cats at home who are sight deficient through illness at kitten stage. One looks as if he can just about distinguish light and dark, the other appears to have lost binocular vision: sees but collides with objects all the time. Both are capable of playing with toys and can pounce fairly accurately. Cat's whiskers playing a role here? If so, how? Great blog BTW. Thanks Ed. Warning: anecdote coming!

We have two alley cats at home who are sight deficient through illness at kitten stage. One looks as if he can just about distinguish light and dark, the other appears to have lost binocular vision: sees but collides with objects all the time. Both are capable of playing with toys and can pounce fairly accurately.

Cat’s whiskers playing a role here? If so, how?

Great blog BTW. Thanks Ed.

]]> By: Tim Byron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/10/seals-do-it-with-whiskers-sharks-do-it-with-noses-tracking-fish-with-supersenses/#comment-7844 Tim Byron Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:34:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=1838#comment-7844 Oh, that bit. Well I can certainly read good! Oh, that bit. Well I can certainly read good!

]]> By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/10/seals-do-it-with-whiskers-sharks-do-it-with-noses-tracking-fish-with-supersenses/#comment-7843 Ed Yong Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:52:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=1838#comment-7843 What, like I did in the second line below the shark picture? I even linked and everything ;-) What, like I did in the second line below the shark picture? I even linked and everything ;-)

]]> By: Tim Byron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/10/seals-do-it-with-whiskers-sharks-do-it-with-noses-tracking-fish-with-supersenses/#comment-7842 Tim Byron Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:36:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=1838#comment-7842 Nice post! I'm quite surprised that in talking about a shark's ability to sense fish that you don't mention (at least in passing) that sharks (or at least the hammerheads I saw in a documentary recently) have the ability to sense the electrical fields of fish - this to me seems way cooler than smell! Nice post! I’m quite surprised that in talking about a shark’s ability to sense fish that you don’t mention (at least in passing) that sharks (or at least the hammerheads I saw in a documentary recently) have the ability to sense the electrical fields of fish – this to me seems way cooler than smell!

]]> By: ranggaw0636 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/10/seals-do-it-with-whiskers-sharks-do-it-with-noses-tracking-fish-with-supersenses/#comment-7841 ranggaw0636 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:09:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=1838#comment-7841 And i'm feel sorry to the shark :( And i’m feel sorry to the shark :(

]]> By: Zoe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/10/seals-do-it-with-whiskers-sharks-do-it-with-noses-tracking-fish-with-supersenses/#comment-7840 Zoe Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:39:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=1838#comment-7840 That seal looks ridiculously happy. I want to be a seal now :) Alright, and now I'll read the article. That seal looks ridiculously happy. I want to be a seal now :)

Alright, and now I’ll read the article.

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