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Underwater vision - Trivia |
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Page 3 of 3 Trivia:A very short-sighted person (eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive index due to which the distant objects appear blurred) can see more or less normally under water. The Moken people of South-East Asia are able to focus underwater to pick up tiny shellfish and other food items. Biologist Anna Gislén has compared Moken and European children and found that the visual acuity of the Moken was twice that of their European counterparts. The good news for non-Moken people is that it seems that some people can train to achieve better vision underwater without using goggles.
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