Bears and Brews

Microbruin 9: A Blue Man Group Education


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Hang out with us on this Microbruin to hear some good news for wolverines and find out if other animals see polar bears as white!


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Scholtyssek, Christine, et al. “Why do seals have cones? behavioural evidence for colour-blindness in harbour seals.” Animal Cognition, vol. 18, no. 2, 2014, pp. 551–560, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0823-3.

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