November 2009 Archives

Doubt

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This is the most difficult project i have ever worked on. In so many ways. I don't know the programming,...
"Many stories are told about Alutiiq shamans (kala'alet). They could change into animal form, dive into the earth, or fly...
http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/102/2/831...

Geckos see colors at night

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091111121543.htmhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810110/...
Birds need 5-20 times more light than we do to see colors. I.e. their shift between photopic vision and scotopic...

Vision

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From www.etymonline.com: c.1290, "something seen in the imagination or in the supernatural," from Anglo-Fr. visioun, O.Fr. vision, from L. visionem...
If a large amount of birds fit into these two groups it is making the data collection much easier since...
I am reading The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred...

Mantis Shrimp

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Mantis shrimp sees two kinds of polarized light, linear and circular:http://harkerbio.blogspot.com/2009/01/mantis-shrimp.html...