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Chiropterology (BATS) Encore with Merlin Tuttle
Ologies with Alie Ward
Flying Foxes and Vision
Linnaeus thought that baths were true primates because they had pectoral instead of englinal brests. This is the flying primate hypothesis, and it relates to the flying fox, which is a fruit eating megabat. But revered australian nero scientist and vision researcher, jack pettigrew, who sadly passed away earlier this year, had made an interesting discovery about mega bat brains and vision. He discovered that all flying foxes have crossing over neurons between the eyes and the mid brain. And in no other mammal do they. So understood the whole puzzle. And so every piece in a puzzle becomes really interesting and vital. Yeh. Merlin, come for
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