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Science 26 May 1972:
Vol. 176. no. 4037, pp. 920 - 922
DOI: 10.1126/science.176.4037.920
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An Eagle's Eye: Quality of the Retinal Image

Robert Shlaer 1

1 Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, and Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

The optical quality of a living eagle's eye was determined by an ophthalmoscopic method. The performance of the eye was substantially better than that reported for humans, but did not confirm some of the wilder claims made for such birds.


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