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Letter: Birds of prey are well aware of glowing mice

Published 3 May 2023

From Alex Bowman, Glasgow, UK

Researchers aren’t the first living beings to notice that an ultraviolet glow can betray the presence of small animals such as dormice – eagles can see in UV and are said to use this ability to hunt small mammals(1 April, p 11).

Issue no. 3437 published 6 May 2023

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