1.) The Star-nosed Mole can detect, catch and eat food faster than the human eye can follow (under 300 milliseconds).

A report in the journal Nature gives this animal the title of fastest-eating mammal, taking as short as 120 milliseconds (average: 227 milliseconds) to identify and consume individual food items. Its brain decides in the ultra short time of 8 ms if a prey is comestible or not. This speed is at the limit of the speed of neurons.



They also possess the ability to smell underwater. It is done by exhaling air bubbles onto objects or scent trails and then inhaling the bubbles to carry the smell back through the nose.



from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28animal%29
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-nosed_Mole#Nose
and http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/master.html?http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/features/0600_feature2.html

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