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Many people are long or short-sighted. Is this the same for other animals, and if so, how do they cope?
Frank Wigger, Heidelberg, Germany
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Why is the noise so deafeningly loud when I empty a bag of empty bottles into the glass recycling hopper?
John May, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, UK
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