thermoreception

Forget what you learned about humans having five senses. That goes double for non-human animals.

From detecting gravity and the Earth’s magnetic field to feeling heat and the movement of water around them, animals can do more than just see, smell, touch, taste, and hear.

Animals have receptors for feeling gravity, fluid flow, heat, and electric and magnetic fields.

Learn how some snakes sense infrared radiation using specialized sense organs in their faces.