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Red-eared slider turtle – water turtle. Credit: Tel Aviv University

The turtle brain detects visual surprises regardless of location in the eye, an ability previously attributed to mammals

Tel Aviv University study: Neural recordings in alert turtles showed that the dorsal cortex responds strongly to unexpected changes in the environment even when the turtle moves its head or eyes, and almost completely filters out changes caused by movement.
The eye and the optic nerves in the cerebral cortex. Illustration: shutterstock

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