Old Million Eyes is back.

From: Alberta Report | Date: September 24, 2001| Author: COSH, COLBY | Copyright information

The marine invertebrate called the "brittlestar," an echinoderm relative of the starfish, has long confounded scientists with its ability to evade predators in the ocean depths without the aid of eyes. In August, researchers from the Bell Laboratories in New Jersey announced that they had solved the conundrum. The Bell Labs are more famous for feats of engineering than natural history; but, as it happens, the brittlestar is right up their alley.

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