Amazing Animal Brains There are lots of similarities

Amazing Animal Brains There are lots of similarities, but also many differences between these brains that belong to different types of animals. What things are the same and what things are different about these brains and the animals that they belong to? Which Brain Belongs to Each Animal? a. d. e. h. Beaver b. Chimpanzee c. Spiny Anteater Capybara (the largest species of rodent – they usually weigh about 100 pounds!) Cat f. Squirrel Monkey g. Dolphin Weasel i. Manatee For the answers, check the bottom of this page! Bats can find insects to eat that are up to 18 ft. away. They can even tell what type of insect it is using their sense of echolocation. This means that they can sense the sound waves that bounce off of the objects around them. Animals sense the world around them in different ways. Information from these senses is used by the animals’ brains to do lots of amazing things. What are some actions that these animals can do using the information coming into their brains? Turtles can not hear many sounds that travel through the air, but they can perceive vibrations transmitted through the ground or water. A butterfly has chemoreceptors (taste receptors) on its feet. Normal vision for people is 20/20. A hawk's vision is equivalent to 20/5. This means that the hawk can see from 20 feet what most people can see from 5 feet. 1. b 2. e 3. c 4. g 5. d 6. f 7. i 8. h 9. a