Did you know that small animals see in slow motion? Well, today research from a study was published showing that the smaller and older an animal is, the slower they see things.
This means that they can observe movement on a finer timescale than bigger creatures, allowing them to escape from larger predators. Insects and small birds, for example, can see more information in one second than a larger animal such as an elephant.
The current study focused on vertebrates, but the team also found that several fly species have eyes that react to stimulus more than four times quicker than the human eye.
When you relate this to the common pets we all own, it means that pets like guineapigs, hamsters, gerbils, rabbits, rats and degus see in slow motion compared to other pets like dogs and horses.
Some of the animals with the fastest visual rate include:
- Starlings
- Pigeons
- Squirrels
Some of the animals with slowest visual rate include:
- Leatherback turtle
- European Eel
If you would like to find out more then please visit: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347213003060
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