Ophiolite
Recalcitrant Procrastinating Ape
It is not a scientific publication. It is a report on a scientific publication. It's objective is primarily commercial, not scientific.Actually, I could imagine that echolocation might possibly provide more accurate information about distance than does vision. But my question still stands. The headline of the linked article says "the results were surprising", but it doesn't really say why they were surprising.
The results were surprising
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The results were in line with expectations based upon prior research with other species.
The title of the scientific publication is "Cuttlefish use stereopsis to strike at prey" and it is clear from that paper that the researchers were not surprised by their finding that "although there is convergent evolution in depth computation, cuttlefish stereopsis is likely afforded by a different algorithm than in humans, and not just a different implementation."
Caution should always be exercised when getting ones science third hand.
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