Comments on: Stereo Mole Noses

By: @Rob0Sullivan

@Rob0Sullivan — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:11:53 +0000

Snakes “taste” in stereo. The forked tongue picks up the “taste” in the air, and the relative strength perceived on each fork of the tongue helps direct the snake towards the source. It is not the tongue, but the jacobson’s organ that tastes the air. The tongue just delivers the scent to the organ in the roof of the mouth.

By: chris y

chris y — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:02:56 +0000

Cats are active animals with a natural range of a couple of square miles, most of which they can easily cover in a night’s prowling. I suggest we keep you locked up in your house for the rest of your life. After all, humans cause far more damage to the environment than any other animal; and besides, you might catch a cold.

By: Jessica Ackerman

Jessica Ackerman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:44:07 +0000

All of my cats are outdoor mousers on the barn. They’re healthy and happy keeping the mouse/rat population out of the feed.

By: Mandy Moon

Mandy Moon — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:43:46 +0000

You let your cat roam around freely and kill local wildlife? Cats are a terrible invasive species.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/347928/description/Cats_kill_more_than_one_billion_birds_each_year

Besides that, leaving a cat outside to roam is dangerous for the cat. They could get hit by a car or killed by a coyote or a psycho who likes to poison cats. Or the cat could pick up nasty cat illness from the feral population.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:44:08 +0000

Thank you for the interesting article. May I suggest you keep your cat indoors to prevent senseless hunting of wildlife and help you cat to live a longer life?

By: Chris M.

Chris M. — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:43:37 +0000

There’s reasonable evidence that even humans are able to smell in stereo, though less so whether we actually use it in day-to-day life.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6642887