27. Hawks and Cats

Weird Animal Facts: Explicit

VISION!! No, not WandaVision; but vision as in the thing that helps us and animals see!
This is week 2 in our 5 week journey into the five senses. For vision we look at two animals that are known to have some of the best vision out there: Hawks and Cats. Join me, zookeeper Deidre, as we take a deep dive into the eye and find out how it functions. We learn somewhat fancy words like rods, cones, retina, and re-learn the word fovea from last episode.
With the use of rods and cones we find out why hawks hunt in the daytime and cat are much better at night. Also, find out a bit more as to why you thought "the dress" was white and gold. And for those of you who can't get enough of my awful singing there's even a song!!! And what would Weird Animal Facts: Explicit be without 'Scientific Names are Hard' where I do a rapid fire round of multiple hawks and cats! Wish me luck! And in the chance you'd like to fully judge me and mock my reading skills here are the scientific names from the episode (I think Emily likes to listen to me suffer):
Hawks:
Buteo jamaicenses: Red Tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus: Zone tailed hawk
Accipiter badius: Shikra
Macheiramphus alcinus: Bat hawk
Accipiter soloensis: Chinese sparrowhawk
Aviceda leuphotes: Black Baza
Geranospiza caerulescens: Crane hawk
Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea: Plumbeous Hawk
Buteogallus aeguinoctialis: Rufous crab hawk
Cats:
Panthera tigris tigris: Bengal tiger
Panthera tigris altacia: Siberian tiger
Felis catus: House cat
Felis nigripes: Black footed cat
Panthera leo: African Lion
Puma concolor: Mountain Lion
Lynx pardinus: Iberian lynx
Leptailurus serval: Serval
Prionailurus viverrinus: Fishing cat
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