When I was researching magnetism, I learned that migratory birds sense magnetism to determine their direction. Apparently, there are even some species whose magnetism is visible to the naked eye. It also seems that humans can sense magnetism, but if we call the perception of things other than the five senses of touch, hearing, sight, taste, and smell the sixth sense, it seems that there are many sixth senses on Earth. It seems that honeybees, salmon, foxes, and algae can also sense magnetism.
There are animals that can sense electric fields. Dolphins can sense weak electricity through the depressions next to their noses. Other animals, such as platypuses, sharks, and rays, also sense electricity through holes in their heads called the organs of Lorenzini, and can detect potential differences of up to one millionth of a volt. When muscles move, a voltage called myoelectricity is generated, causing a weak current to flow, and sharks and other animals are able to detect this electricity.
https://ja.futuroprossimo.it/2023/12/
Dolphins also seem to have the ability to emit high-frequency sounds called clicks and receive information about their surroundings from the reflected sound, known as echolocation. Dolphins, whales, and killer whales perceive sound with their lower jaws, while bats perceive sound with their ears. This may just be a part of the bats’ sense of hearing, but it’s still an amazing ability.
https://etervalu.com/2017/05/28/introduction-animal-amazing-sixth-sense
Snakes, which are animals that can sense heat, apparently have pit organs that detect infrared rays. Since anything above 0 degrees Celsius seems to emit infrared rays, this must be effective in capturing living things. Speaking of infrared rays, there are species of algae in the Antarctic that photosynthesize using infrared rays. There are birds and insects that can see ultraviolet rays, which are outside the visible range, just like infrared rays, and this may be part of their vision.
Other organisms that can sense carbon dioxide include mosquitoes and ticks. They also seem to sense heat, such as body temperature, so they are also organisms that can sense heat.
Geckos have the ability to detect low vibrations between 50 and 200 Hz. They hear sounds with an organ called the saccule, which is called a second ear. Fish and amphibians also have this ability.
https://karapaia.com/archives/460936.html
I’ve looked into various sixth senses, and the variety of ways of perception is amazing. The ability to perceive is amazing, but I also think it’s amazing that there are so many energies and substances that can be perceived. There is so much energy on Earth, and the fact that we perceive this diverse energy and live makes me feel something amazing about life. There is so much usable energy all over the Earth, and even if we cannot perceive it ourselves, we may be able to recognize it through other species. Is it possible to work together in some way? The sixth sense is amazing. The Earth is amazing.
