Superhuman Underwater Vision of the Moken Children

Children of the Moken sea nomad tribes have superhuman underwater vision, allowing them to dive for food all day long... What's the science behind their incredible eyesight?

Full video: https://youtu.be/uUHhfkeQuXw

Refs:
Moken Tourism Team, 2022, ‘The Moken People’

SciShow, 2020, ‘Why Do Things Look Blurry Underwater?’

Wilk, 2015, ‘Underwater Vision in Penguins, Cormorants, and Sea Gypsies’

Gislen et al., 2003, ‘Superior Underwater Vision in a Human Population of Sea Gypsies’

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Видео Superhuman Underwater Vision of the Moken Children канала Maddie Massy