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. 1999 Dec;9(24):R918-21.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)80104-9.

Visual function: how spiders find the right rock to crawl under

J Marshall  1
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Visual function: how spiders find the right rock to crawl under

J Marshall. Curr Biol. 1999 Dec.
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Abstract

Animals that go on hunting expeditions face the problem of finding the way home at the end of the day. A group of hunting spiders has now been added to the list of animals that use the celestial pattern of polarized light as a compass to navigate with, and explains an old conundrum of spider eye anatomy.

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