Snake IR View of a Rabbit (IMAGE)
Caption
Master painter Albrecht Durer's rabbit would look like a smudge (top right) to a snake relying on uncorrected images from heat sensing pit organs. But a virtual lens in the neural net of a snake's brain would dramatically enhance the image (lower right) and explain why snakes are so good at finding prey in the dark.
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Andreas B. Sichert, Paul Friedel, and J. Leo van Hemmen, Physical Review Letters (forthcoming article)
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