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Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Biology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

What's the closest any animal species has come to evolving to have telepathy?

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What's the closest any animal species has come to evolving to have telepathy?

Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Biology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Pigeons have an organ in the brain that allows them to sense the earth’s magnetic field.

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      Fish too, but I believe its part of their outer skin not brain

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      And if they could use it to exchange thoughts and ideas with others, I’d call that telepathy, but they don’t/

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