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"As darkness falls, the nocturnal half of the animal kingdom starts its day.
Nocturnal species are perfectly adapted to navigate and survive the dark of
night that has existed for countless millions of years.
What happens to these creatures when the darkness they call home is transformed
by streetlights and other artificial night lighting?
In new research published in
Biology Letters, we studied how light pollution
affects the development of Australian garden orb weaving spiders. We discovered
it makes their brains smaller, particularly in the regions devoted to vision –
with unknown effects on their behaviour."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
