Visual Optics: Accommodation in a Splash

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.

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Published in:Current biology 2012-10, Vol.22 (20), p.R871-R873
Main Author: Cronin, Thomas W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accommodation, Ocular - physiology
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Birds - physiology
Diving - physiology
Feeding Behavior
Flight, Animal - physiology
Swimming - physiology
Vision, Ocular
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.053