How Owls Turn Heads
5:08 minutes
A mystery of the animal kingdom: How do owls turn their heads 270 degrees without damaging their blood vessels? At last an answer, published this week in Science. Fabian de Kok-Mercado and Philippe Gailloud dissected and X-rayed owls to discover how the birds do the twist.
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Flora Lichtman
Flora Lichtman is host of The Adaptors podcast and former SciFri multimedia producer in New York, New York.
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About Flora Lichtman
Flora Lichtman is host of The Adaptors podcast and former SciFri multimedia producer in New York, New York.