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> [Compared with mammals, birds have relatively large eyes. In simple terms, a bigger eye means better vision, and excellent vision is essential for avoiding collisions in flight, or for capturing fast-moving or camouflaged prey. Birds' eyes, however, are deceptive -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/compared-with-mammals-birds-have-relatively-large-eyes-in-simple/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

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## More by Tim Birkhead

> [The Australian wedge-tailed eagle has enormous eyes, both in absolute terms and compared with most other birds, and as a result has the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/the-australian-wedge-tailed-eagle-has-enormous-eyes-both-in-absolute/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [“As drought kicks in, the choughs experience several things simultaneously. The shortage of food increases their stress levels; the birds are forced to spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/as-drought-kicks-in-the-choughs-experience-several-things/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [The human eye has long fascinated lovers, artists and physicians. The ancient Greeks dissected eyes, but struggled to understand how they worked, unclear as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/the-human-eye-has-long-fascinated-lovers-artists-and-physicians-the/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [“When I mentioned to a friend I was writing a book about eggs he told me to be sure to mention how in Thomas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/when-i-mentioned-to-a-friend-i-was-writing-a-book-about-eggs-he-told/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [I am not going to speculate about the emotions that might be involved in avian infidelity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/i-am-not-going-to-speculate-about-the-emotions-that-might-be-involved/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [ “Ingeniously, \[Heinrich Wickmann\] was able to use a pencil to mark that bit of the egg he could see inside the hen's oviduct, through… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/ingeniously-heinrich-wickmann-was-able-to-use-a-pencil-to-mark-that/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [“One of the most remarkable of all ornithological discoveries was the realisation that birds in temperate regions undergo enormous seasonal changes in their internal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/one-of-the-most-remarkable-of-all-ornithological-discoveries-was-the/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [Although we tend to think of the brain as a discrete organ - a lump of squidgy tissue - it is better to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/although-we-tend-to-think-of-the-brain-as-a-discrete-organ-a-lump-of/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [Compared with mammals, birds have relatively large eyes. In simple terms, a bigger eye means better vision, and excellent vision is essential for avoiding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/compared-with-mammals-birds-have-relatively-large-eyes-in-simple/)

[Tim Birkhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-birkhead/)

> [There are several ways we can know what a dog, a bird or, indeed, any other organism can see, for example either by looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-birkhead/there-are-several-ways-we-can-know-what-a-dog-a-bird-or-indeed-any/)

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