You are not logged in. [Log In] Wordsmith.org Forums Animal Safari bird vision Register Forums Calendar Active Threads Search Forum Help

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #115602 - 11/10/03 08:49 PM bird vision   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW and Faldage: Here is a sensational URL about bird vision. I confess I haven't read it all yet. http://www.biology.eku.edu/RITCHISO/birdbrain2.html #115603 - 11/10/03 09:00 PM Re: bird vision   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Just a brief glance looks fascinating. Thanks, Dr Bill. #115604 - 11/10/03 11:48 PM Re: bird vision   Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I'd just like to understand how those fast fliers navigate through the woods so quickly without apparently hitting themselves in the head with so many branches. I sure as heck have problems sometimes woods navigating at a lethargic pace. #115605 - 11/11/03 12:18 AM Re: bird vision   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont another great site, Bill! thanks! formerly known as etaoin... #115606 - 11/11/03 01:59 AM Re: bird vision   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW:One of the birds' secrets is the fact that their nerve pathways are relatively short. It takes an appreciable fraction of a second for nerve impulse to travel from brain to an extremity, so small animals can react much sooner than humans can. I think the big dynasaurs must have had to wait a week for message from brain to reach their hind legs. Remember the old parlor trick of telling a kid he can have a dollar hung vertically between his thumb and index finger, if he can close them before dollar drops through them? Kids look very much amazed. #115607 - 11/11/03 10:40 PM Re: bird vision   Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Oh, many thanks, wwh, for that explanation. I have often wondered how in the world birds navigated so quickly through dense woods. The short nerve pathway does make some sense as a theory, so thanks for giving me that fodder to ponder! Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,878 Posts223,859 Members9,013 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ahmed, KathrynH, Waqar_Ali, brecht, Akintola 9013 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 30 guests, and 2 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 56 LukeJavan8 26 A C Bowden 23 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,961 wofahulicodoc 7,452 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark show/hide columns on this page Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Wordsmith.org · Top