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Lizards use third eye to navigate

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Posted by Luke Ormand on August 31, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I didn't know lizards/frogs had third eyes, let alone that they utilize them as compasses.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/thirdeyesteering/
Posted by Stan Rose on September 1, 2009 at 6:16 AM
you learn somethin new every day... :smile:
Posted by Cheryl Molennor on September 1, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Me either where is it?
Posted by Ken Smith on September 1, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Interesting! A bit cruel to destroy the third eye...then see if the lizard can still navigate the pool to the target. Hey, better yet.... they could have blinded him and left the third eye usable ...then watched to see if it would find the target. Did you hear the joke about the lizard that crossed the road.....
Posted by Cheryl Molennor on September 2, 2009 at 10:01 AM
I just read the clip and that is sad that they destroy them to test them. Not sure I needed to know about it after all if Iknew that's how to find out.... and life goes on right?
Posted by Rebecka on September 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Love this kind of novel info -- thanks for posting the link to the interesting article, Luke.
Posted by Ken Smith on September 2, 2009 at 5:55 PM
....and....if you cut the head off a cockroach...it will live for approx another week until it starves to death. Nature factoids.