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YouTube Videos
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2017-06-01T15:07:43.000Z
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266
Video Title:
Evolving into the Night: Visual Adaptations to Nocturnality in Birds
Description:
How do nocturnal birds see at night and what is the evolutionary history of this adaptation in birds? Noor White discusses two potential scenarios for how nightvision evolved within a bird group that includes of hummingbirds and nightjars.
Video Duration:
9 min 56 sec
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Education  Search this
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Natural History  Search this
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