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Re: Bird (Dinosaur?) vision

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Bird (Dinosaur?) vision
From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:57:57 +1000
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Mickey Rowe wrote:
> 
> Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > Apparently night birds like owls that have a lot of rod cells in
> > their retina but few cones (if any) can detect prey only if it moves
> > or makes a sound.
> 
> Color me skeptical...

Well, blame Sir David Attenborough... he's the one who told me!

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist         http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia        http://heretichides.ravencommunity.net/
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References:
- Re: Bird (Dinosaur?) vision
  - From: Ken Carpenter <KCarpenter@dmns.org>
- Re: Bird (Dinosaur?) vision
  - From: Jeff Hecht <jeff@jeffhecht.com>

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