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Navigation Systems: Not Just Super-Fast: Hummingbirds Have Super-Eyesight, Too
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New research shows that the nectar-drinking birds use their enhanced color vision to distinguish sources of food. Hummingbirds were already impressive. They move like hurried insects, turn on aerial dimes and extract nectar from flowers with almost surgical precision. But they conceal another talent
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