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
Try this experiment next time you see a fly. Instead of swatting it….get your fingers prepped to flick it in the face. Then move your hand as slow as you can towards fly. If you are slow enough it will not react and you can spaff it right between the eyes.
My theory is that they perceive things to be moving slowly. A fast moving swat they see it coming. An object moving towards them slowly enough, they perceive it as stationary. Boom in your face fly.
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