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Slitted bird irises?

To: "dinosaur@usc.edu" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Slitted bird irises?
From: "Haaramo, Mikko K" <mikko.haaramo@helsinki.fi>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 07:37:17 +0000
Reply-to: mikko.haaramo@helsinki.fi
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All,

Which modern bird have a slitted iris?
I  googled it and only one I could find were skimmers (_Rynchops_).

Question rises why dinosaurs are reconstructed with ones, even if nocturnal 
birds don't have them?

--Mikko Haaramo

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