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Camouflage in Motion

Posted by michael on from the predator dept.

Adrian writes "Remember Jurassic Park, where Goldbloom stood really still and the T-Rex couldn't see him? Well, there might be a better way. Scientists have found that dragonflies can dissappear by keeping their image on your retina in the same place, even if you move. How they manage it still has them puzzled... ;)"

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  1. Better Articles by MonkeyBoyo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Boy, that MSNBC article was bad. They even mispelled the researcher's name. It is "Akiko Mizutani" not "Aikiko Mizutani".

    Here is some better coverage of the story. discovery, NationalPost, and Ananova.

    And here is a nice page from the Insect Vision, Navigation and "Cognition" Laboratory at ANU, but it doesn't cover the dragonfly work.