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
So part of this is just pure physics. A squirrel has very little mass, and therefore can change directions very quickly. Think of how a sports car can quickly turn compared to a bus.
Then there’s the neurological aspect. An electrical signal must travel from the brain (or spinal cord in some instances) to the muscle it’s communicating with to create movement. A squirrels foot is like inches from its brain. A humans is several feet.
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