Comments on: Widely set eyes give hammerhead sharks exceptional binocular vision http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/27/widely-set-eyes-give-hammerhead-sharks-exceptional-binocular-vision/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Megu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/27/widely-set-eyes-give-hammerhead-sharks-exceptional-binocular-vision/#comment-5439 Megu Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:20:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/27/widely-set-eyes-give-hammerhead-sharks-exceptional-binocular-vision/#comment-5439 So freakin cool! So freakin cool!

]]> By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/27/widely-set-eyes-give-hammerhead-sharks-exceptional-binocular-vision/#comment-5438 Ed Yong Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:37:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/27/widely-set-eyes-give-hammerhead-sharks-exceptional-binocular-vision/#comment-5438 <blockquote>Process details are as important as the gee-whiz facts.</blockquote> Couldn't agree more - fixed.

Process details are as important as the gee-whiz facts.

Couldn’t agree more – fixed.

]]> By: Sven DiMilo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/27/widely-set-eyes-give-hammerhead-sharks-exceptional-binocular-vision/#comment-5437 Sven DiMilo Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:25:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/27/widely-set-eyes-give-hammerhead-sharks-exceptional-binocular-vision/#comment-5437 I love your blogging and check the "Animals" tab regularly. These hammer-heads are to me another clear example of adaptation by natural selection, and if the ultimate explanation for the bizarro morphology involves multiple functional improvements, so much the better. I think I have also heard that separating the nostrils may give them a more directional olfactory sense, useful for following scent plumes upcurrent. One request, if I may? <blockquote>All of these theories might be true</blockquote> When you mean "hypotheses," please use that word. Process details are as important as the gee-whiz facts. (Which, I'll hasten to add, I love too.) Otherwise, please carry on! I love your blogging and check the “Animals” tab regularly. These hammer-heads are to me another clear example of adaptation by natural selection, and if the ultimate explanation for the bizarro morphology involves multiple functional improvements, so much the better. I think I have also heard that separating the nostrils may give them a more directional olfactory sense, useful for following scent plumes upcurrent.
One request, if I may?

All of these theories might be true

When you mean “hypotheses,” please use that word. Process details are as important as the gee-whiz facts. (Which, I’ll hasten to add, I love too.)
Otherwise, please carry on!

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