Transcript of Can humans sense wetness?
Hank Green
0:00yeah I know we can't feel wet we can0:02feel wet but it's not like you don't0:04have like a wet sensor do you have a wet0:07sensor anywhere in your body I wonder if0:08you have a wet you definitely don't have0:09one on your skin but I'm curious if well0:12obviously you have a sensor that tells0:13you if you're thirsty curious how that0:16works gonna look it up oh my God this is0:18a lot of things this is not what you0:19asked but it's a bunch of like it's0:20sensing the your blood volume it's like0:23if you if you've eaten your body's like0:26drink now because there's going to be0:27new salt soon but also there's like0:29areas in your brain it can tell like the0:31concentrations of wetnesses in your0:33brain but this is not whether you can0:35sense wet you can't sense wet you know0:37what wet feels like and so you don't0:39need to sense wet wet feels like cold0:42and it feels like cold in a specific way0:44it feels like a slippery and cold at the0:46same time but in other animals this0:48sense is called high grow receptions0:50that's h-y-g-r-o high grow reception and0:53other animals do have it bugs have it0:54oftentimes they can sense humidity and0:56moisture
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