星鼻鼹鼠

What outlandish snoot is this?A handy one that helps the star—nosed mole clock in as the fastest forager among mammals．As the mole claws at wetland soil or stream sediment．the tentacIes about its nose probe up to13 spots a second for invertebrates．insect larvae，and other prey．Then in230 milliseconds--quicker than our eyes can flit to a flash of light～the mole scrutinizes and devours the edibles．That’s a record for pinpointing and eating food．(Bats are the likely runners—up．)Five times more sensitive than human fingertips，the tentacles let this virtually blind animalDerceive minute prey its competitors miss．“It’S oneOf the most acute skin—sensory systems of any creature．”SaysVanderbiltUniversity biologistKennethCatania． who studies the species．Equallv effective underwater．those fleshy appendages feel for bottom dwellers as the mole inhales its exhaled bubbles to sniff out the meal—the latter a skillCatania recently discovered．“This mole，”he says，19“just keeps surprisingUS．”’这是什么奇怪的鼻子‘?星鼻耀鼠凭借它成为哺乳动物cI r最怏的捕食者之一。，当鼹鼠在湿地或沼泽中爬阳I、J’f匕鼻子卜的触角每秒钟可以触碰13个地，J‘，以l吲受i≠无脊椎动物、昆虫卵等食物。在230毫秒内，比我仃J眼睛感受光的速度还要快，鼹鼠就能猎取和荇食动物，成为叶界七吃东西最快的动物。(蝙蝠可能位居其次。)早鼻鼹鼠实际上并没有眼睛，它鼻子上的触须状的感觉器官比人的手指尖还要灵敏5倍，帮助鼹鼠抓住其他猎食者遗漏的食物范德堡火学的生物学家凯尼斯·卡塔尼弧称：这是型i物最敏锐的皮肤感‘自‘系统之一。旱鼻鼹鼠的触须在水下同样仃效，卡．塔尼Ⅵ旷H前注意到它们彳i断地从鼻孔吐fH气泡然后又迅速吸回去去搜寻水下生物，他说，这种鼹鼠不断带给我们惊奇ByJenniferS．Holland izzz]■．J年．．．．．．．．．．。ll一白B吼虢方溢西★★★★

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