It always amazes me how small birds change direction mid-flight and seem to do it frequently, being able to make tons of movements in small urban areas with lots of obstacles.
Same thing with squirrels – they move so fast and seem to be able to make a hundred movements in the time a human could be able to make ten!
So what’s going on here? Do some animals just THINK faster than humans, and not only move faster than them?
In: Biology
Birds are definitely quick on the draw.
One day I tossed a slice of stale bread, frisbee style, out the kitchen door.
At that same instant, a sparrow just happened to be flying through the yard and narrowly missed a midair collision with the airborne bread.
The bread hit the ground and rolled on edge several times, but before it came to a complete stop, that bird had gone into some acrobatic flight maneuvers, landed and was already pecking at its surprise meal.
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