Visual Optics: Accommodation in a Splash
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2012-10-23
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Thomas W. Cronin, Visual Optics: Accommodation in a Splash, Current Biology Volume 22, Issue 20, 23 October 2012, Pages R871-R873, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.053
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Gannets are large seabirds that hunt fish from the air, making a plunge dive followed by active swimming pursuit of prey. A recent study shows that they convert from aerial to aquatic vision nearly instantly.