[Dragaera] night vision

[Howard Brazee]

With poison attacks?

What predators do you know with eyes on the side?



On Jul 22, 2008, at 5:37 PM, Mia McDavid wrote:

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> Howard Brazee wrote:
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>> Look at which birds have eyes on the side, and which have eyes in  
>> front.   Prey have their eyes on the side.   Predators are better  
>> off with binocular vision - especially flying predators.   It's  
>> important to be able to judge exactly when swooping down on a  
>> mouse, and not crash into the ground.   Prey would rather see a  
>> larger angle to avoid being caught.
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> And what is a jhereg?  A carnivore, to be sure, but I understood it  
> to be pretty much entirely a scavenger.  That means that its food is  
> stationary, but it has to watch out for predators or larger  
> scavengers while it eats.
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