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===In other mammals=== Dogs, like vampire bats, can detect weak thermal radiation with their [[rhinaria]] (noses).<ref name="Bálint_2020">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bálint A, Andics A, Gácsi M, Gábor A, Czeibert K, Luce CM, Miklósi Á, Kröger RH | title = Dogs can sense weak thermal radiation | journal = Scientific Reports | volume = 10 | issue = 1 | pages = 3736 | date = February 2020 | pmid = 32111902 | pmc = 7048925 | doi = 10.1038/s41598-020-60439-y | bibcode = 2020NatSR..10.3736B }}</ref> On February 14, 2013 researchers developed a [[neural implant]] that gives [[rat]]s the ability to sense [[infrared]] light which for the first time provides [[living creatures]] with new abilities, instead of simply replacing or augmenting existing abilities.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/14/implant-gives-rats-sixth-sense-for-infrared-light|title=Implant gives rats sixth sense for infrared light|magazine=Wired UK|date=14 February 2013|access-date=14 February 2013|archive-date=17 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217055046/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/14/implant-gives-rats-sixth-sense-for-infrared-light|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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