Do birds think faster than humans?

Question

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

Answer 1

There’s a few chapters in An Immense World by Ed Yong that goes into the different update rate/frame rate of different creatures you would find interesting, for instance flourescent lights that humans see as a constant light source are rapidly flashing for creatures with a faster frame rate.