One of the first things we learn in school is that we have five senses—sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. However, there signals that we only perceive in a limited capacity, while others are entirely imperceivable to the average human.
Previous studies have already established how animals "sense" the environment around them in an entirely different way from how humans do. To learn more about these natural curiosities, here are four animals with specialized senses.
Bees - Electroreception
Electroreception refers to a living being's ability to sense electrical stimuli, and the most popular examples are sharks and rays. It is mostly observed among aquatic and amphibious creatures mainly because water is a much better medium compared to air.
Snakes have what scientists call "pit organs," seen externally as a hole in their face apart from their nostrils. These pit organs contain membranes that possess sensitivity towards infrared radiation from a distance. An earlier study has pinpointed the molecular mechanism that gives snakes their infrared imaging abilities.
To simulate how snakes see in the dark, see the video below, from National Geographic's Animal Superpowers series:
