How do animals have so quick reaction time compared to human?

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I’ve seen so many videos where animals have(seemingly) instant reaction time and can escape fast from predators, how is it possible and why humans don’t have same reaction time?

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Keep in mind that the human body is actually on the larger side of the scale. There are far, far more animals smaller than humans than larger. Because of this, we see lots of animals that can rapidly accelerate and deccelerate far faster than a human could. Being smaller also means these animals have shorter nerve lengths between brain and muscle and many prey animals are naturally twitchy, ready to run at any moment.

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