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Night birds have _____ cones than rods in their eyes.


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Rods and cone cells :

  1. Rods and cone cells are present in the eyes of certain organisms.
  2. These cells are specialized pigmented cells that are vital in vision mechanisms.
  3. Rods cells are more highly pigmented than cone cells and are sensitive to less or mere incident light.
  4. Thus rods are essential for night birds in night or dark vision.

Night birds have less cones than rods in their eyes.


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