In article <Cn4B95.41L at midge.bath.ac.uk>, ee0mlf at midge.bath.ac.uk (M L
Fogg) wrote:
>> Michael Hucka wrote:
>> >1) Does anyone know of any creature that... ...cannot sense visual motion?
>> No, but on the flip side, I've heard that frogs are far better at detecting
> moving objects than they are at detecting stationary ones. Yummy flies are
> always moving when they get eaten.
>> Martyn
Toads can't locate their food unless it is moving. One night I bounced
some small paper wads around this one toad. He only ate the ones that
were still bouncing when they went by his head. Then he'd spit
them out, but I didn't feel expanding my study to feeding. I guess
you could fish for amphibians this way. I wonder if most fish
are like this as well in terms of the type of bait they will
strike (stationary vs. moving)
Chris
