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Re: bees & birds

  • From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: bees & birds
  • Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:54:40 +0000
On 21 Jul 98 at 10:01, Diane Syme wrote:


> > > ultraviolet light isn't visible to us, either! But it is visible to
> > > honeybees, butterflies, and other insects.
> >
> > As well as some predator-birds....seems some track down mice by their
> > UV-reflective (not fluorescent!) trail of urine....
> 
> I love these tidbits of info...I can hardly wait to drop gem this at my
> mono/IR group. But it makes one wonder.. is it just mice who have this
> telltale characteristic?  Diane

Dunno....perhaps these birds gave up on humans a long time 
ago....:-))

 

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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