3 Quarks Daily • 3/12/2026

In "Perceptual Shifts Part II: The Hunter’s Interface," Thomas Fernandes continues the exploration of navigation in bees, focusing on their lack of depth perception. The article discusses how bees utilize optic flows to navigate through tunnels, land smoothly, and estimate distances traveled. This visual system effectively provides simple navigation tools for complex tasks, allowing bees to allocate brain power for other activities such as pattern identification and nectar gathering.
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