Owl Mystery Unravelled: Scientists Explain How Bird Can Rotate Its Head Without Cutting Off Blood Supply to Brain
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Medical illustrators and neurological imaging experts at Johns Hopkins have figured out how night-hunting owls can almost fully rotate their heads - by as much as 270 degrees in either direction - without damaging the delicate blood vessels in their necks and heads, and without cutting off blood supply to their brains.