The most common projection from the mouse retina is actually a highly-specialized and evolutionarily-conserved hawk detector. It responds to dark, looming stimu

The most common projection from the mouse retina is actually a highly-specialized and evolutionarily-conserved hawk detector. It responds to dark, looming stimuli against bright or grey backgrounds. This is one of my favorite discoveries: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2012/08/08/1211547109.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2012/08/08/121154710...