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Originally posted by Kesiah
I think you'll find that snakes use heat sensors, similar to infra-red, but it's through their toungue. A snakes toungue has little heat sensors on it, which is why they continually flick it in and out.
I don't think Scrabs would use that, I still favour the echolocation idea, as examination of the Scrab picture Big Bro posted shows a flat broad part of the head that would be ideal for bouncing and recieving sound waves.
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I like Kes's theories in this thread. Let me touch up on a few things. Now I like the fact that Scrabs are similar to that of snakes. Snakes have eyes...true, but these eyes are
almost useless when it comes to there other senses. First off a powerful sent gland is found snakes and are detected via tongue flicking picking up the different scents, allowing them to "sniff" out there suroundings. Pit Vipers, example the Rattle Snake, has special pits in on the front of there head, that acts as a heat censor. Thus they use heat to find their victims and get around. Now what does this all mean to a Scrab...well lets see. I do agree with Scrabs haveing a sense of echolocation or electric feild censoring, such as dolphins and sharks possess. I also believe that scrabs have the ability to hear. Those small holes in the Scrab pic that depthsofodd showed us may be the ears of the scrab. It looks similar to that of Dinosaur ears. Another thing that could aid them may be ground vibration. Something that has been commonly found in almost any creature is the ability to pick up sounds through the ground. All in all I like Kes's theory the most. It makes alot of sense. And we should understand that it may have all these senses combine. This same question could be asked in regards to the Paramite.