This amazing type of sensory perception reminded me of another animal w/ a star shaped apparatus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-nosed_mole https://en.m.wi

This amazing type of sensory perception reminded me of another animal w/ a star shaped apparatus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-nosed_mole https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-nosed_mole. My favorite quote from the Wikipedia entry, "evolution has repeatedly come to the same solution for constructing a high-acuity sensory system: subdivide the sensory surface into a large, lower-resolution periphery for scanning a wide range of stimuli, and a small, high-resolution area that can be focused on objects of importance" -Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Kenneth Catania