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Human beings think they’re pretty special because they are at the top of the food chain, they have air-conditioning, they can build jet airliners, and they understand biomechanics and structural integration. Yes that’s pretty cool, and being able to put up satellites and travel to the moon are also examples of human intellect, and perhaps a reason to be species-centric.

Nevertheless, there are species on this planet that can see infrared, have sonar, and can do all sorts of other things. Perhaps somewhere in our junk DNA, humans also have such abilities to a lesser degree. Scientists may one day discover all of this. And perhaps some of these abilities which we have long forgotten, perhaps because we didn’t use them have evolved away from the current human model.

Not long ago there was an interesting article in Space Daily Online posted to the Exo-Life Category titled; “Most vertebrates descended from ancestor with sixth sense,” by Staff Writers in Ithaca, NY and published on October 27, 2011. The article noted something rather fascinating as it stated:

“We see the world through 5-senses but sharks, paddlefishes and certain other aquatic vertebrates have a sixth sense: They can detect weak electrical fields and use this information to detect prey, communicate, and orient themselves. Using the Mexican Axolotl as a model to represent the evolutionary lineage leading to land animals, and paddlefish as a model for the branch leading to ray-finned fishes, the researchers found that electro-sensors develop in precisely the same pattern from the same embryonic tissue in the developing skin, confirming that this is an ancient sensory system.”

Should any of this surprise us? No, actually it shouldn’t, and in the future, someday, we will find species on other planets which have abilities such as these, and others we may have never seen. It may seem like magic to us, as we only have the five senses, and the occasional anomaly to a six, seven, or eighth. People who are blind, seem to be able to use echolocation, and there are humans that can see an extra hue of color. There are some that swear that they can sense or feel another’s emotions, or even read their minds, or get onto the same wavelength.

Of course all that speculation, but these sea creatures actually are able to sense electro-bio-rhythms. This ability helps keep them alive in a hostile environment, as well as hunt for food. Humans probably don’t need that anymore, because they just go down to the grocery store and buy something, but if they were living in the Amazon jungle that might come in pretty handy, and be a real lifesaver from time to time. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net