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SCIENTISTS GAVE THIS PREYING MANTIS TINY 3D GLASSES TO TEST ITS DEPTH PERCEPTION

The mantises were then shuffled into a “3D insect cinema” and shown computer-generated images of different targets moving toward them. The results will help scientists get a better understanding in how 3D vision evolved!

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The mysterious domes marching into the sea off Cape Romano, Florida.

99percentinvisible:

Smushed against a greenhouse wall, flowers look like paintings. 

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