Owl mystery unravelled: Scientists explain how bird can rotate its head without cutting off blood supply to brain
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
Medical illustrators and neurological imaging experts 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.