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Comparison of sensory perception in species

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Name of Species Sight in wave length Hearing in Hz Taste Smell Touch Balance and acceleration Temperature Kinesthetic sense Pain
Amoeba n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bat poor visual acuity, none of them is blind. It has even been discovered that some species are able to detect ultraviolet light.[1] Bat calls range from about 12,000 Hz - 160,000 Hz. n/a They also have a high quality sense of smell. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Dog Dogs are dichromat and less sensitive to differences in grey shades than humans and also can detect brightness at about half the accuracy of humans.[2] The frequency range of dog hearing is approximately 40 Hz to 60,000 Hz, which means that dogs can detect sounds far beyond the upper limit of the human auditory spectrum.[3] n/a may be up to 100 million times greater than a human. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Human red~650 nm to violet ~400 nm (or) VIBGYOR 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz (or) Audio n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Dolphin n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Shark n/a n/a n/a with some species able to detect as little as one part per million of blood in seawater.[4] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Blue whale n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

References

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  1. ^ ^ a b Hunter, P (2007). "The nature of flight. The molecules and mechanics of flight in animals". EMBO Reports. 8 (9): 811–3. doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7401050. PMC 1973956. PMID 17767190.
  2. ^ ^ a b Miklósi, Ádám. Dog, behavior, evolution, and cognition. Oxford Biology, 2009, p. 140.
  3. ^ ^ a b Elert, Glenn; Timothy Condon (2003). "Frequency Range of Dog Hearing". The Physics Factbook. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  4. ^ ^ Martin, R. Aidan. "Smell and Taste". ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research. Retrieved 2009-08-21.