| Humans are at the top of the evolutionary
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| | maintain awareness for over sixty hours.
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| chain. At least that's what most of us
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| | Pit Vipers can differentiate between the
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| like to believe. To believe anything else
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| | heat given off by possible prey and the
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| would jeopardise our claim as planetary
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| | heat emanating from its surrounding rocky
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| rulers and do tremendous damage to many
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| | environment. This ability comes from
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| fragile egos. We may have learnt to walk
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| | granules in their nostrils that are
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| on two legs, use our opposable thumbs,
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| | sensitive to changes in heat within a
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| and develop writing systems, but that
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| | perimeter that extends beyond its
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| doesn't make us the pinnacle of
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| | striking distance. Scientists mimicked
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| existence. The truth is that no matter
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| | this ability and used it in the creation
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| how advanced we think we are, we look to
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| | of thermal imaging technology. Thermal
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| animals for inspiration when thinking up
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| | imaging is used in detecting volcanic
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| many new technologies.
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| | activity, to track the effects and pace
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| Dolphins, like humans, need to be
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| | of global warming, and by police and the
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| conscious or maintain a certain level of
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| | military in locating body heat.
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| awareness to breathe. Both species also
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| | An application with more functionality
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| need to rest their brains by entering
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| | for general public use is the study of
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| into an unconscious state. Humans simply
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| | tree frogs to improve the stickiness and
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| go to sleep, but if dolphins switched off
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| | re usability of stick tape. The Indian
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| completely as we do, they would drown. In
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| | Institute of Technology studied tree
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| the interests of self-preservation, they
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| | frogs, and their toe pads in particular,
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| have evolved the ability to shut down one
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| | to determine how they managed to adhere
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| half of their brain at a time. This
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| | to various surfaces. They discovered that
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| ensures that they maintain enough
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| | the footpads had tiny channels on them,
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| awareness to tend to their physical
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| | which enhanced frogs' sticking ability.
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| needs, while getting much needed rest.
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| | This breakthrough led to the design of an
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| Being able to function on half a brain
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| | adhesive layer of elastic tiers with
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| while letting the other half rest would
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| | channels for air or water. The upshot was
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| be an invaluable ability in many
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| | reusable tape with 30 times the
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| professions. Military personnel could
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| | stickiness of current adhesive tape.
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| stay awake and alert in dangerous
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| | The influence of animals can be seen
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| situations, and doctors would be able
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| | everywhere: the construction of birds'
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| handle their demanding shift schedules.
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| | wings helped refine wings on aeroplanes.
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| This raises the question of capability.
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| | The ability of hummingbirds to hover was
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| Dolphins use the ability to maintain
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| | instrumental in the design of
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| basic functioning. Doctors and members of
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| | helicopters. And the construction of
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| the military need higher levels of
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| | buildings is now being adapted along the
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| functioning, as they are responsible for
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| | lines of termite mounds to conserve
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| other lives. Would you trust a
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| | energy. We may consider ourselves the
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| neurosurgeon with half of his or her
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| | epitome of evolution, but our continued
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| brain asleep? Nevertheless, efforts are
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| | borrowing from lower life forms lends
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| being made to manufacture stimulants that
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| | itself to the conclusion that our pride
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| would allow people to mimic dolphins and
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| | in our abilities is severely misguided.
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