Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
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ISBN: 9781260411140
Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Allan Larson, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 27, Problem 4RQ
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To explain: The ways by which a bird’s eyes and ears are specialized to for the demands of flight.
Introduction: The location of the eyes of birds on their head allows for nearly three hundred and sixty degrees of range of motion. When a bird perceives a sound, it lifts its head in the direction of the sound and through their sharp eyes, visualizes the area to obtain the source of the sound.
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