Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets. Duke Today, May 30, 2018. Blind as a bat or eagle-eyed? Scientists compared hundreds of species by the sharpness of their sight. They found a 10,000-fold difference between the most sharp-sighted and the most blurry-eyed species, with humans ranking near the top. The researchers also created a series of images showing how different scenes might appear to animals with different acuities. The images reveal patterns that, while easy for some species to see, may be imperceptible to others. Picked up by Wired, EarthSky, Futurity, ZME Science, Smithsonian, Discover Magazine, Inverse and the Daily Mail.
Category Archives: cats
Why you should never arm wrestle a saber-toothed tiger
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Why you should never arm wrestle a saber-toothed tiger. National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, July 2, 2010. Saber-toothed cats may be best known for their supersized canines, but they also had exceptionally strong forelimbs for pinning prey before delivering the fatal bite. Picked up by Discover Magazine, Science News, MSNBC, and Science.
Male sabertoothed cats were pussycats
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Male sabertoothed cats were pussycats compared to macho lions. Duke Today, November 5, 2009. Despite their fearsome fangs, male sabertoothed cats may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study of male-female size differences in extinct big cats. Picked up by the Durham Herald-Sun, Laelaps Science Blog, Fox News, MSNBC, and National Public Radio.