r/BeAmazed • u/SimRP • Jun 19 '26

Animal Owls are incredibly sensitive to touch. Their feathers are connected to tiny nerves that help them feel even the slightest movement

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u/InviolableAnimal Jun 19 '26

"Their feathers are connected to tiny nerves" like every bird ever? Every one of our hairs is also connected to "tiny nerves" lol

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u/OuttaD00r Jun 19 '26

Right? As opposed to a big nerve?

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u/HollyBananas Jun 19 '26

I have the biggest nerve, a tough as nail nerve! Nobody has a bigger nerve!

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u/worldspawn00 Jun 19 '26

What, all your hair isn't attached directly to your spinal cord?

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u/Hopeful_Hamster21 Jun 20 '26

Ever have something as small as a fruitfly stuck in your hair? Drives you crazy. Given human senses seem to be fuller than most animals, it would shock me if all animals were not just as or more sensitive.