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Why are animals able to hear sounds and smell materials that human cannot?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Let's compare a human's sensitivity to sound and smell to a dog's:
Humans: hears sounds as high as 20,000 Hz.
Dogs: hears sounds as high as 40,000 Hz
Humans: olfactory up to 10 sq. cm.
Dogs: olfactory up to 150 sq. cm.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoThey have different structural build-up of their nervous systems. They're able to do different stuff because they weren't created the same way. God made everything unique. Isn't that cool?
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What are sounds that cannot be heard by human beings?
They are called infrasonic sounds.
What Sounds that cannot be heard by human beings?
They are called infrasonic sounds.
Why are animals such as dogs able to hear sounds human cannot?
Dogs and most animals rely on their hearing more than we do. As humans, we rely on eyesight and primates overall have better eyes than other animals.
Why animals make the sounds they do?
animals make the sounds they do is just like human languages.... for example a whistle may mean they are calling for their family. The animals make the sounds they do because they all need to communicate with each other.
What are the plant materials that cannot be digested by the human body known as?
Roughage.
What does mimcry mean?
mimicry is when something looks or sounds like something else some birds can mimic human sounds (like parrots) some animals can mimic other animals' sounds
Can the finch be taught to speak?
No, finches cannot be taught to mimic human sounds.
Why are animals able to hear or smell materials that human cannot?
Some animals can hear and small things that people cannot because they have more nerves in their nose and ears, a better structure in more or ear for gathering the sound or smells, and devote more of their brain to the sense of smell or hearing than to people.
How does littering affect animals and human beings?
A large number of animals have chances to eat plastic and other not-to-be-eaten materials.
What are two animals that can hear lower frequency sounds than a human?
Both whales and elephants can hear extremely low frequency sounds.
What is something human cnt hear?
Some sounds that are at certain frequencies cannot be heard by a human ear. Some such sounds are a dog whistle, certain whale songs and dolphin and bat echolocation.
What can animals do that we human animals can not do?
Depends on the animal. Some can fly, bark(or make different noises from us,) Robin Williams probably can imitate certain animals sounds.
