Animal Senses Animals possess sensory powers that humans lack. Homing pigeons fly with great speed and accuracy when
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with messages to faraway places. How do pigeons (2)
themselves in unfamiliar regions?
This remains something of a(n) (3)
✓ The mystery, however, is partly explained by a pigeon's ability to see
ultraviolet light, which reveals the sun's position even through clouds. In addition, pigeons can hear sound waves that
have traveled hundreds of miles. These waves (4) va pigeon's sense of direction by indicating distant
mountains and seas. Pigeons even appear to (5) changes in the earth's magnetic field.
Likewise, bats have impressive (6) vs equally worthy of acclaimº. As
(7)
✓ animals, they search for food in complete darkness. They do so by
screeching in tones higher than any human can hear and then locating prey by the
returning echoes
Scorpions also (8)
the night hunter. Tiny leg hairs enable them to feel
vibrations in the sand made by a (9)
insect as far as two feet away.
to the
People with knowledge of the pigeon, bat, and scorpion can (10)
fact that such "innovations as the magnetic compass, radar, and the motion
detector are nothing new.
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