Superfast Vocal Muscles In Songbirds: Hundred Times Faster Than Blink Of An Eye

Friday, July 11, 2008 - 22:14 in Biology & Nature

Certain songbirds can contract their vocal muscles 100 times faster than humans can blink an eye -- placing the birds with a handful of animals that have evolved superfast muscles, researchers found.

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