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The most common projection from the mouse retina is actually a highly-specialized and evolutionarily-conserved hawk detector. It responds to dark, looming stimuli against bright or grey backgrounds.

This is one of my favorite discoveries: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2012/08/08/121154710...



Thanks for that link, that was an interesting read.




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